- Target:
- National Prosecuting Authority
- Region:
- South Africa
A full bench of the North Gauteng High Court on Friday found that former National Prosecuting Authority head Mokotedi Mpshe acted irrationally and failed to uphold his responsibilities of office when in 2009 he suddenly dropped charges against Zuma. The president faced charges of fraud, racketeering and corruption relating to an investigation started in 2001 into to payments Zuma received from Shabir Shaik, allegedly related to the arms deal, where he allegedly allowed his name to be used for business deals and agreed to protect one of the companies involved.
A South African court has thrown out Jacob Zuma’s attempt to appeal against a ruling that he should face almost 800 corruption charges, piling pressure on the embattled president.
Zuma had tried to overturn a court order in April that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) should reinstate the charges that were dropped in 2009 shortly before he came to power.
The charges relate to alleged corruption, racketeering, fraud and money laundering over a multibillion-dollar arms deal.
We, the undersigned, people of The Republic of South Africa, call on the National Prosecuting Authority to immediately re-instate the 783 charges of Corruption, Racketeering and Fraud against President Jacob Zuma. The Highest courts in the land have instructed you to do so NOW we the People of South Africa are instructing you to do so. We have seen how quickly you can charge a Minister of Finance for 1 charge of Corruption. Now we wish to see you do your job and re-instate charges against the President as ordered by the court.
The Charge President Zuma for the 783 Corruption Charges! petition to National Prosecuting Authority was written by leonidas and is in the category Justice at GoPetition.