By Simon Nare
The Nkabinde Inquiry has heard how former National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Shamila Batohi, allegedly misled President Cyril Ramaphosa in her request for an inquiry into South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke, and his fitness to hold office.
Chauke, in his evidence-in-chief before the inquiry chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Bess Nkabinde, said that after the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruled on a matter in which he had been accused of acting irrationally, Batohi sought legal opinions to strengthen her case against him.
He testified that although the SCA did not find his actions or decisions irrational, Batohi went to great lengths to build a case against him, despite what he described as clear evidence to the contrary.
A case in point, Chauke said, was Batohi’s claim that he had forced then KwaZulu-Natal Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Simphiwe Mlotshwa, to
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