By Simon Nare
Former National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Shamila Batohi has withdrawn from the Nkabinde Inquiry and will not complete her testimony, citing untenable legal limitations arising from the panel’s refusal to allow her to consult her lawyers while under oath.
Batohi’s legal team submitted a letter to the panel on Thursday in which she said she would not return to conclude her testimony.
“The refusal to permit me to consult with my attorneys, I consider it neither appropriate nor tenable for me to continue providing evidence without the benefit of legal advice,” she stated in the letter to the panel.
The inquiry is probing the fitness of South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Andrew Chauke to hold office. It is chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Bess Nkabinde and was established by President Cyril Ramaphosa after complaints by Batohi.
Batohi walked out of the inquiry in
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