National Prosecuting Authority

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Lamola underscores govt's efforts to ensure NPA's independence (Eyewitness News)

Justice Minister Ronald Lamola says in order to fight corruption the National Prosecuting Authority has to work without political interference.

Its independence is looked through the lens of structural and operational reforms some of these reforms have started to take shape." We believe that the independency of an entity like the NPA and its subsidiaries could not be looked at through the simplistic lens of where the entity is housed. "The National Prosecuting Authority and the Investigative Directorate have made significant progress.

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Progress being made to establish ID as permanent structure ... (Business Day)

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the Investigating Directorate would be established as a permanent entity.

Email [email protected] or call 0860 52 52 00. Independence and security of tenure would protect the body, which is tasked with investigating high profile corruption cases among other forms of crime, from the political interference which saw the dissolution of the Scorpions by the government of former president Jacob Zuma more than a decade ago... Government is working on a bill that would establish the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Investigating Directorate (ID) as a permanent structure with independence and security of tenure for its officials, justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola said on Monday.

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Zuma's private prosecution is 'unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid ... (News24)

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the private prosecution which former president Jacob Zuma intends bringing against him has an ulterior motive and is ...

The order bars him from taking his private prosecution further at this stage. "The prosecution could not genuinely be for a purpose of obtaining a criminal conviction. "It also does not relate to a charge against me. "The private prosecution is for an ulterior purpose. "The absence of a nolle prosequi certificate that relates to me and a charge against me means that Mr Zuma is attempting to bypass the NPA by privately charging me for alleged offences that were never considered by the NPA and in respect of which the DPP has never been issued a nolle prosequi certificate. Ramaphosa further said that the nolle prosequi certificate relating to the private prosecution of Downer did not relate to him as a suspect.

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Zuma approaches Constitutional Court over private prosecution (Business Day)

The former president has asked the apex court to overturn the interim interdict obtained by Cyril Ramaphosa.

Email [email protected] or call 0860 52 52 00. Questions or problems? Business Day TV spoke to Business Day editor-at-large Hilary Joffe

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