By Simon Nare
The Nkabinde Inquiry has agreed on the next witness to testify after National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Advocate Shamila Batohi abruptly abandoned her testimony mid-way to seek legal advice, leaving the evidence leaders without a witness to call.
The parties agreed that Advocate Moipone Noko will be the next witness to take the stand. Noko had earlier written to the panel, chaired by Constitutional Court Justice Elizabeth Nkabinde, after evidence leaders indicated she was no longer available to testify.
When the inquiry into the fitness to hold office of South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Andrew Chauke resumed on Wednesday—after being postponed on Monday—legal representatives spent nearly half the day in chambers deliberating on the next witness.
The discussions centred on an application by Chauke for the inquiry to call Noko to testify. The application was not opposed by any party.
It emerged during the
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