Jeff Radebe gave the ‘first push’ and it only got worse for Nxasana

Former national director of public prosecutions Mxolisi Nxasana has told the commission of inquiry into state capture that senior prosecutions officials tried hard to discredit him.
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Former cabinet minister Jeff Radebe is said to have given the first push to force Mxolisi Nxasana out of the national director of public prosecutions office in 2014.

Testifying for the second time at the state capture inquiry on Monday, Nxasana also described a fractured relationship between himself and Zuma after an alleged campaign run by senior NPA officials Nomcgobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi.

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