Johnathan Paoli
Former President Thabo Mbeki has called out the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for its failures to prosecute cases referred to it by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and denied allegations made by former National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli as reported by News24’s Karyn Maughan.
President Mbeki issued a statement on Friday, and said that failure to challenge allegations made by Maughan would perpetuate a false narrative of executive intervention in the failure to bring justice to the victims of apartheid.
“The NPA must demonstrate enough integrity by apologising for not processing the TRC cases, rather than engage in dishonourable behaviour of trying to hide behind a fig leaf which is nothing more than pure fabrication,” Mbeki said.
According to Mbeki there was no interference in the work of the NPA during his tenure, despite a 2021 SCA judgement which found that the agency’s investigations into the
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