Conflicting concerns
How NPA capture will backfire for Zuma
For the second time there is a possibility that an important function may be taken away from the president
A fight about an unlawful R17m golden handshake made to former national director of public prosecutions Mxolisi Nxasana has opened up the possibility that deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa may have to execute an important presidential function. This comes after more than eight years in court, during which President Jacob Zuma first fought to keep the so-called spy tapes out of the hands of the DA. The tapes were used as the basis for former prosecutions boss Mokotedi Mpshe’s decision to drop the corruption charges against Zuma in 2009, shortly before he was inaugurated as president of the republic. Last week legal representatives of Freedom Under Law, Corruption Watch and the Council for the Advancement of the SA Constitution argued in court that Zuma was conflicted in relation to the appointment of the prosecutions chief. He has, after all, shown that he was willing to pay R17m unlawfully to get rid of a national prosecutions head he did not like, the court heard. Corruption Watch, ...
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