Last week, Oscar Pistorius was granted parole after being initially denied in March by the Supreme Court of Appeal, while the corruption case against Matshela Koko and 18 others was struck off the roll.
Mkhwebane didn't have kind words for her successor, Kholeka Gcaleka for her role in Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala saga, criticised the NPA’s handling of state capture cases, and accused the SIU of duplicating the work of the Public Protector’s Office.
The State can reinstate the case in future as long as it gets written instructions from the National Director of Public Prosecutions. Trade union Solidarity said should the State fail in this regard, they would pursue private prosecution.
Updating Parliament on Tuesday on the progress made on matters emanating from the Zondo Commission of Inquiry, ID’s head, Andrea Johnson, said a wide range of state capture enablers are also being investigated.
EFF MP Busisiwe Mkhwebane, a former head of a Chapter 9 institution, in the National Assembly said making the NPA a Chapter 9 institution would quell political influence.
The NPA's urge follows a double murder at the Randburg Magistrates Court on Wednesday where a key witness in a police brutality case and her partner were assassinated outside the court.
Wesley Madonsela faces 10 years behind bars for shooting and killing then-17-year-old apartheid activist, Siphelele Nxumalo, in Chesterville nearly 35 years ago.
The National Prosecuting Authority said the 49-year-old father of three - targeted children who visited his daughter.
NPA head Shamila Batohi said although the Zondo commission detailed the extent of state capture and those involved – it did not provide a blueprint for their successful prosecution.
The National Prosecuting Authority has suspended next year’s intake for its internship initiative, due to budget constraints.
Following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, an inquest into his death found that his death was self-inflicted. But medical experts have since testified that Haffejee likely died due to a cardiac incident from being strangled.
The girl sought refuge at her father’s house but was raped on her first night there.
One of the men identified in court as the man who recruited Babita Deokaran's killers died months after her murder, according to a report.
The six men who were arrested for the crime pleaded guilty to her murder on Tuesday and were sentenced to between six and 22 years in prison. And while they’ve divulged the identity of the individual who recruited them, he’s understood to have been a middleman with the ultimate paymaster still unknown.
Ned and Dylan Govender were sentenced to seven years behind bars for the assault and attempted murder of Mondli Majola during the 2021 July unrest.
Representatives from some 40 countries across the country are gathering in Joburg on Monday and Tuesday for the Association of African Anti-Corruption Authorities’ 6th General Assembly.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said in state capture cases alone, the National Prosecuting Authority managed to recover R2.55 billion.
In 2018, a regional court in the Eastern Cape found Loyiso Coko guilty of raping his girlfriend after she refused to have sex with him but was overturned in 2021 by the High Court, which ruled that the State didn't prove beyond reasonable doubt that he 'acted intentionally knowing that there was no consent'.
