Simon Nare
The Nkabinde Inquiry has heard that retired former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Johan Booysen, whose name has featured prominently in evidence about the Cato Manor police unit, has withdrawn from the inquiry and will no longer be submitting a statement as expected.
Booysen’s legal representative had previously indicated that he would submit a statement by Wednesday, but instead, evidence leader Advocate David Mohlamonyane told the inquiry, chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Bess Nkabinde, that Booysen was withdrawing from the process altogether.
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The inquiry is probing South Gauteng director of public prosecutions Advocate Andrew Chauke’s fitness to hold office.
Key to that process is Chauke’s role in the institution of racketeering charges against Booysen and members of the Cato Manor unit, as well as the subsequent defence of those decisions in court. Booysen has been implicated by various
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