Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi said that steps are afoot to deal with prosecutors who jeopardise the state’s case in the courts.
It comes after the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shamila Batohi last week claimed the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) had been “infiltrated” by corrupt prosecutors, a choice of word she reportedly later retracted in conversation with the minister.
Justice Minister
On Tuesday, ActionSA’s Athol Trollip pressed the minister to respond to its letter for a removal process to begin against Batohi, saying the bungling of state capture cases in particular, validates its demand for a Parliamentary inquiry.
“The list of prosecutorial disasters continue to grow, most damning, however, is the NPA’s failure to secure an extradition of the Gupta brothers nearly a decade after the Gupta leaks.”
But Kubayi said the NPA was not solely to blame for cases failing in the courts.
She said action was being taken to determine whether the authority had been incapacitated from doing its work.
“What we’ve received as feedback is there are individuals that are going through investigation and possible charges. Others have already started the process where they’ve been involved in compromising cases. This is not a broad problem of the entirety of the organisation that will require an inquiry.”
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