Mpshe's decision to stop Zuma’s prosecution was irrational: DA

10 June 2016 - 15:26
By Ernest Mabuza

The decision in 2009 by Mokotedi Mpshe‚ then acting national director of public prosecutions‚ to discontinue the prosecution of President Jacob Zuma was irrational.This was a submission by the Democratic Alliance before the full Bench of the high court in Pretoria on Friday.The DA was opposing an application for leave to appeal by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) an April judgment that set aside Mpshe’s decision to discontinue Zuma’s prosecution on numerous counts of corruption and racke...

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