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MPs pay tribute to outgoing AFU head Advocate Willie Hofmeyr
Hofmeyr turns 65 next month and in terms of public service rules, he cannot remain in the position beyond the end of November.
NDPP Shamila Batohi told the staff at the NPA that she has signed an authorisation allowing prosecutors to share information with the Zondo commission of inquiry for possible prosecution.
Advocate Nomgcobo Jiba made the statements at the Mokgoro inquiry, where she has taken the witness stand to address numerous allegations levelled against her.
NPA deputy prosecutions director Willie Hofmeyr returns to the Mokgoro Inquiry.
She will be the third of the NPA’s senior management, after Silas Ramaite and Willie Hofmeyr to testify at the public hearings.
Deputy prosecutions boss Willie Hofmeyr continues giving testimony at the Mokgoro Inquiry.
Deputy prosecution boss Willie Hofmeyr says he has asked for an update on cases which would have fallen under the responsibility of advocates Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi.
Hofmeyr was being questioned at the Mokgoro Inquiry about the adverse findings made against him in the supreme court of appeal’s spy tape judgement.
Deputy prosecutions boss Willie Hofmeyr has linked advocates Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi to an apparent decline in serious corruption cases being instituted.
Hofmeyr made the submission at the Mokgoro inquiry which is sitting in centurion on Monday.
Deputy prosecutions boss Willie Hofmeyr returns to the Mokgoro Inquiry where he is expected to answer questions about the adverse findings made against him in the Supreme Court of Appeal's spy tapes judgment.
Retired Justice Yvonne Mokgoro is investigating advocates Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi’s fitness to hold office.
On Wednesday, Willie Hofmeyr lodged the objection to being cross-examined by Nomgcobo Jiba’s legal team on certain aspects of that 2017 Supreme Court of Appeal ruling.
Willie Hofmeyr filed an objection on Wednesday, saying he believed he may be prejudiced if forced to answer the questions.
Advocate Nomgcobo Jiba’s counsel, Norman Arendse, referred Willie Hofmeyr to previous national directors who were all black men and were not career prosecutors.
Deputy prosecutions boss Willie Hofmeyr says that neither Nomgcobo Jiba nor Lawrence Mrwebi are fit to hold office, primarily for their involvement in attempts to derail the case against Jackie Selebi a decade ago.
Deputy prosecutions boss Willie Hofmeyr has suggested that Jiba’s collusion with the police in the case against Gerrie Nel, in an attempt to derail the prosecution of Jackie Selebi, was the ultimate betrayal.
Willie Hofmeyr has referred to cases involving Pravin Gordhan, Anwa Dramat, Shadrack Sibiya, Robert McBride and Glynnis Breytenbach.
In 2009, during Jackie Selebi’s trial, Lawrence Mrwebi and Nomgcobo Jiba helped Richard Mdluli in the case against Gerrie Nel, which led to his arrest on trumped-up charges.