Commission of Enquiry into the Fitness of Advocate Nomgcobo Jiba and Advocate Lawrence Sithembiso Mrwebi to Hold Office
Two senior prosecutors — Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi — were accused of dropping important cases against powerful people when they should not have. This commission asked: are these two people fit to keep working as senior prosecutors?
Created under
NPA Act 32 of 1998 Section 12(6)(a)
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Outcome
Report released · 30 April 2019
Found both unfit to hold office. Ramaphosa removed them. Jiba had previously dropped fraud charges against Zuma allies and withdrawn the prosecution of Richard Mdluli.
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