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De Lille 'shocked' at Simelane appointment

Nov 25, 2009 4:21 PM | By Sapa

Menzi Simelane's appointment as National Director of Public Prosecutions was described as "shocking" by Independent Democrats leader Patricia De Lille.


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"That President Jacob Zuma can appoint someone that was accused by Frene Ginwala's panel of deceiving Brigitte Mabandla, his former boss and justice minister, and of interfering with the NPA's independence, shows the president's disregard for the independence of the [National Prosecuting Authority]," said De Lille.

She was referring to the Ginwala commission of inquiry into the fitness to hold office of Simelane's predecessor Vusi Pikoli.

Simelane's testimony at that inquiry was slated as "irregular".

Although Ginwala could not find that Pikoli was not fit to hold office, he was fired for not having enough regard for national security.

The Public Service Commission was asked to investigate Simelane's conduct after Ginwala expressed concerns about his interpretation of how far he could interfere in the function of the NPA and his withholding of information from the inquiry.

Justice Minister Jeff Radebe decided not to proceed with the investigation after consulting with the commission.

"Subject to the constitution and this act, no organ of state, and no member or employee of an organ of state nor any other person shall improperly interfere with, hinder or obstruct the prosecuting authority or any member thereof in the exercise, carrying our or performance of its, his or her powers, duties and functions," De Lille continued.

"It is becoming clear that the ANC under Jacob Zuma is no different to the ANC under Thabo Mbeki when it comes to respect for the independence of the NPA," she said.

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Nov 25 2009 04:30:31 PM
Stirrer
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As usual, Aunty Pat is making the right noises, but will be ignored!
Nov 25 2009 04:31:17 PM
stuartnfk
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Hear Hear Patricia. I am sure there are many qualified people out there who could do this position justice with dignity and moral fortitude. However it seems Bazoomer is only concerned with one thing. That the case against him is not ever revived and so long as he has a lackey in place that will be the result for ever. The picture says a thousand words.
Nov 25 2009 04:32:32 PM
Ngamla@Kasi
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He's gonna be a puppy for Msholozi, bcz this is the reward for lying in the Ginwala commision and corruption and fraud within govt.is going to worsen. He has to play the Zulu political card or he has to be out.

This govt. is corrupt to the core!!!

You can remove my comment now because you are one sided
Nov 25 2009 04:33:26 PM
ThembaM
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LOL

When will she learn?
Nov 25 2009 04:40:09 PM
MikeC
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"It is becoming clear that the ANC under Jacob Zuma is no different to the ANC under Thabo Mbeki when it comes to respect for the independence of the NPA," she said.

Of course it's different - it's WORSE!
Nov 25 2009 04:44:05 PM
cynicaloldliberal
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it's actually quite interesting to watch. the anc deliberately and calculatingly destroys the country, this is an excellent example. there are plenty of qualified people for the job, but they are not black, so they employ a crook.

crook, incompetent, stupid, ignorant, they do not care: he or she must just be black.

they do it all the time. they have destroyed every parastatal, and seem keen to do it to the judiciary and anything else they touch.

their election campaign can very well be: do not worry, we are destroying everything but it will be done exclusively by black people. the amazing part is then that this will attract votes.

when there is completely nothing left, as in Zim, they will then blame the west, whites, indians, or anyone else except themselves.

the fascinating part lies in the fact that it has been done in africa so many times before that they know what the outcome will be. of course the politicians do not care about all the poor people who will suffer incredibly - starvation, disease, death - but only about their personal comfort and income.

so they know what the outcome will be, but they are inside guarded houses, driving fancy cars, so they country can be destroyed as long as it does not touch them personally.

it seems like most of the voters are a long way from admitting that black people are not yet able to run large organisations. this is why my post will be deleted, because it contains this truth. the admitting of it by everyone, including everyone, can save the country. but despite the factual evidence, they cannot admit this: there are not enough black people with the adequate experience and skill to run large corporations. even the army is completely destroyed. fascinating.

therefore we lurch on to the next failure. the tax base becomes weaker because the high earners and hard workers give up and leave. business is broken down, no more taxes there.

this assumes that the politicians do not have children, because obviously there will be nothing left in 15 years from now - exactly as zanu-pf, so goes the anc.
Nov 25 2009 04:47:24 PM
stephen
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President Zuma made a very good decision by appointing somebody new with new I deas ... but he was accused lets wait see........hope its not a friendship appointment
Nov 25 2009 04:48:21 PM
v3
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Is this how "783" Zuma is fighting corruption?
Nov 25 2009 04:48:27 PM
Garrio
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Why does our pro criminal president even bother to go through the motions of appointing a National Director of Public Prosecutions? Why doesn't he just close the NPA down? (This is indirectly what he is doing by appointing Simelane.) What a travesty.
Nov 25 2009 04:48:57 PM
Mommacyndi
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The only part that is 'shocking' is that Auntie Pat is still shocked at this.


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