Simon Nare
Former National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Shamila Batohi has been granted permission to appoint lawyers of her choice at state expense to assist her with her testimony at the Nkabinde Inquiry, although it remains unclear when she will be ready to appear again.
The inquiry was told on Friday by evidence leaders that the National Prosecuting Authority’s state attorney had confirmed Batohi would now be represented by her own legal team, rather than being assisted by the NPA’s legal team, to avoid a conflict of interest.
The inquiry, chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Bess Nkabinde, is probing whether suspended South Gauteng director of public prosecutions Andrew Chauke is fit to hold office.
Among other allegations, Chauke has been accused of unlawfully instituting racketeering charges against the long-disbanded Cato Manor policing unit and its then head, former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks boss Johan Booysen.
The inquiry heard that the
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