EDITORIAL: Why the NPA was captured
The National Prosecuting Authority was a target simply because Zuma was facing more than 700 charges of fraud and corruption
Not surprisingly, the first state institution up for capture was the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). This began before Jacob Zuma was elected president of the country, but after he was elected leader of the ANC. The NPA was a target simply because Zuma was facing more than 700 charges of fraud and corruption and had to get them out of the way so that he could become president of SA. So the then acting National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Mokotedi Mpshe announced that the charges against Zuma had been dropped because there had been political meddling in the prosecutions process. After he had been elected president, Zuma continued with the capture process, attempting to secure Menzi Simelane as the new NDPP. Concerted legal action, brought by the DA, saw him declared unfit to hold the office. The Deputy NDPP, Nomgcobo Jiba, and special prosecutor Lawrence Mrwebi have in the past been criticised severely by high court judges for the way in which they handled some high-...
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