Ramaphosa is wavering in his action against the Director of Public Prosecutions – ActionSA – POLITICS

ActionSA has written to President Ramaphosa asking him to provide us with the reasons for the lack of action on NPA director lawyer Shamila Batohi’s request, made in August last year, for the Johannesburg director of public prosecutions, lawyer Andrew Chauke, to be suspended. center of several failed prosecutions.

Last Friday, in a sudden reversal, the NPA abruptly dropped charges against former minister and ANC MP Zizi Kodwa, citing vague “statements” made by the suspect. Unsurprisingly, it was Johannesburg Director of Public Prosecutions, lawyer Andrew Chauke, who made this decision, which NPA chief lawyer Shamila Batohi has since announced she will review.

Chauke, who has held the role since 2011, has been dubbed “Joburg’s King of Public Prosecutions” and is a central figure in both questionable prosecutions and, more strikingly, the lack thereof in state capture cases – a record that ActionSA reflects grossly inadequate prosecution of corruption cases, especially against high-profile individuals.

Disturbingly, in keeping with the President’s tendency to drag his feet, more than a year has passed since he received a request for Chauke’s suspension, a recommendation based on serious concerns about Chauke’s questionable conduct and fitness to hold office clothe. I didn’t lift a finger.