By Simon Nare
Under-fire South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Andrew Chauke will on Thursday take the stand at the Nkabinde Inquiry, which is probing whether he is fit to hold office, after securing a ruling against an application by evidence leaders to postpone the proceedings.
Chauke launched an urgent bid over the weekend to oppose the postponement after the evidence leaders failed to secure a witness following the conclusion of testimony last week by former KwaZulu-Natal Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Moipone Noko.
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Noko was called to testify after National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Shamila Batohi walked out of the inquiry in December, insisting she be represented by legal counsel of her own choosing rather than by the National Prosecuting Authority’s legal team.
That request has since been granted. Panel member Advocate Elizabeth Baloyi-Mere
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