Chauke fitness probe hears Noko allege pattern of unlawful killings by Cato Manor unit

Simon Nare

Former KwaZulu-Natal director of public prosecutions Moipone Noko told the Nkabinde Inquiry on Thursday that she gave National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi “detailed evidence” supporting prosecutions linked to the Cato Manor organised-crime unit, but that Batohi did not act on it and instead moved to review decisions to charge members of the unit.

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The inquiry, chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Bess Nkabinde, is probing whether suspended South Gauteng DPP Andrew Chauke is fit to hold office. Chauke has been accused of unlawfully instituting racketeering charges against the Cato Manor unit and its then head, former Hawks KZN boss, Johan Booysen, among other allegations.

According to its gazetted terms of reference, the inquiry is to probe why Chauke “supported a decision to prosecute the accused notwithstanding that there