The president said both senior NPA officials, Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi, lied under oath and deserved to be axed
President Cyril Ramaphosa has told former senior National Prosecuting Authority official Nomgcobo Jiba that one of the reasons he has fired her is because she lied to him.
In the letter sent to Jiba, which was published by the presidency on Friday, Ramaphosa said the findings made against her by the inquiry into her fitness to hold office, were of a very serious nature and that representations made by her did not offer any reason not to accept the recommendation that he should axe her.
“However, in your statement under oath before the panel, you said this was not the case,” Ramaphosa said. The president also said Jiba had acted under external pressure in making decisions on charges against Zuma, and that she had failed to review the decision by Mrwebi to drop criminal charges against former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli.
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