President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africans need urgent protection from former president Jacob Zuma and his “abuses”.
nolle prosequiThe NPA has confirmed the certificate did not apply to Ramaphosa.
The president said they are acting with an ulterior purpose because the summons does not set out any specific charge against him, does not name him and does not link him in any way to the alleged crime. Ramaphosa responded that month, advising that he had referred the matter to the minister of justice and correctional services for possible referral to the Legal Practice CouncilIt would be a serious injustice to permit Mr Zuma to commence the private prosecution or continue with it by requiring me to appear in court on January 19 2023 pending the outcome of my [constitutional] challenge“For well over a year there was no further correspondence, until December 15 I was served with the first...
“The purported private prosecution constitutes an unconstitutional and impermissible attempt at bypassing the institution with the primary decision-making power, in other words the NPA, over criminal prosecutions.”
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