National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) boss Shaun Abrahams is in an unenviable position. The concession by President Jacob Zuma’s legal team last week that the NPA’s 2009 decision to drop the 783 charges of fraud, corruption and racketeering against him was irrational is set to cast the spotlight on Abrahams in a way that could make or break him. Zuma’s counsel, advocate Kemp J Kemp, made the concession during last week’s application for leave to appeal a 2016 high court judgment that said the 2009 decision by then acting NPA head Mokotedi Mpshe to discontinue corruption charges against him should be reviewed and set aside. Both the president and the NPA sought leave to appeal the matter, but in a stunning about-turn, Zuma — who has spent the better part of the past decade evading the DA’s bid to have charges against him reinstated — conceded that the decision was indeed irrational. The court heard that Zuma would agree to a trial, with a rider: he wants the opportunity to make fresh ...
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