Thabo Mbeki's 'we never interfered' claim in prosecuting TRC cases ignores facts
Mbeki has denied his government ever interfered in the prosecution of cases referred to the NPA by the TRC. History says otherwise.
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Mbeki has denied his government ever interfered in the prosecution of cases referred to the NPA by the TRC. History says otherwise.
In this series, Open Secrets profiles the prosecutors inside the National Prosecuting Authority who motivated questionable prosecutions and unduly delayed important cases. In this instalment, we focus on Andrew Chauke, the NPA’s head of public prosecutions in Johannesburg. In this series, Ope...
The government is likely to launch an investigation into claims of political interference in the prosecution of Truth and Reconciliation Commission-related cases, says NPA boss Shamila Batohi.
Questionable decision-making, poor leadership and political interference have collapsed public trust in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). Yet, the current leadership at the authority, lead by Shamila Batohi, has yet to bring about change to address the wrongdoing that has left it vulner...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced Advocate Andrea Johnson as the new head of the Investigating Directorate following the resignation of Hermione Cronje. Johnson is widely respected as a straight-talking and principled prosecutor, but the post will be challenging regardless – as an appar...