ROB ROSE: While NPA bungles, Irba gets it done
State struggles in court but auditors’ body takes tough line in handing out findings and punishments
27 April 2023 - 05:00
It was a glaring contrast. Days after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) was castigated by acting judge Nompumelelo Gusha for its shoddy handling of its first “state capture” case, involving Nulane Investments, the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (Irba) wrapped up its third such case at a canter.
Gusha, in dropping the charges against the eight people charged with fraud over the Vrede Dairy Farm saga, commented: “To say that the manner in which the case was conducted is comedy would be the understatement of the millennium.”..
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