Justice Committee Suspends Jiba & Mrwebi Sitting On The Back Of Urgent Interdict

Riyaz Patel

Parliament’s Justice portfolio committee has suspended the process of deciding on the fate of axed National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) officials Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi’s after the pair’s legal teams asked that the process be stopped pending a legal review.

Jiba wants the process put on hold because she has gone to court seeking a review of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to sack her and also to set aside the findings of the Mokgoro Commission, which recommended that she and her former NPA colleague, Mrwebi, be dismissed.

At the same time, Mrwebi has asked Parliament to stay its process pending the outcome of the interdict hearing, which is set down for the Western Cape High Court Wednesday.

The justice committee’s decision to hold off was informed by input from parliamentary legal adviser Siviwe Njikela when the committee met Tuesday morning.

“Yesterday then we were served with a court