CORRUPTION NEWSJiba should accept the court outcome 23 Oct 2019, 9:27 By Thato Mahlangu Nomgcobo Jiba’s effort to be reinstated as the National Public Prosecutions (NPA) deputy national director was halted by the Western Cape High Court on Friday, 18 October 2019. The court dismissed Jiba’s application to be reappointed at the NPA, with costs. Jiba, who was fired on 25 April 2019 by President Cyril Read more >
LITIGATION CW celebrates today’s ConCourt ruling on Abrahams’ appointment 13 Aug 2018, 13:00 Corruption Watch (CW) celebrates today’s ruling in the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) that invalidates former president Jacob Zuma’s appointment of Shaun Abrahams as the national director of public prosecutions (NDPP). The court found that the manner in which Abrahams’ predecessor, Mxolisi Nxasana, was removed from office was unconstitutional and invalid, thus rendering Abrahams’ subsequent appointment invalid. Read more >
LITIGATION ConCourt confirms invalidity of Abrahams’ appointment as NDPP 13 Aug 2018, 11:02 Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga today handed down judgment in the Constitutional Court, in the matter of the position of the national director of public prosecutions (NDPP). Corruption Watch, Freedom Under Law and later, the Council for Advancement of the South African Constitution, had challenged – successfully – the legality of the termination of former NDPP Mxolisi Read more >
LITIGATION CW welcomes today’s judgment on Nxasana matter 08 Dec 2017, 14:27 Corruption Watch (CW) welcomes the judgment handed down today by Judge Dunstan Mlambo in the Pretoria High Court, regarding the position of the national director of public prosecutions (NDPP). This arises out of an application by CW, together with Freedom Under Law (FUL) and the Council for Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC), to Read more >
LITIGATION Nxasana willing to resume duties as NDPP 13 Apr 2017, 15:16 JOINT STATEMENT BY CORRUPTION WATCH AND CASAC Former National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Mxolisi Nxasana, has yesterday filed a revealing and potentially damning affidavit in response to applications lodged by Corruption Watch (CW) and Freedom under Law (FUL), as well as by the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC). In Read more >
LITIGATION Zuma: Nxasana wanted to leave 18 Mar 2016, 8:54 Nine months after Mxolisi Nxasana resigned from his position, President Jacob Zuma says the former National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head did what was best for South Africa by leaving his post. Nxasana resigned from the NPA abruptly last June amid controversy and while an inquiry into his fitness for office was under way. Zuma was Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS Cosatu welcomes Mdluli judgment 07 Jun 2012, 11:19 Cosatu welcomed on Monday the Johannesburg Labour Court's decision to rescind the lifting of former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli's suspension. “The federation urges the SAPS (SA Police Service), Hawks and Public Protector to urgently investigate all the extremely serious allegations made against him,” Congress of SA Trade Unions spokesman Patrick Craven said in a Read more >
