Former NPA head denies role in missing Cradock Four docket
Political interference in legal proceedings
Accountability of NPA officials
Disappearance of critical legal evidence
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“Former acting National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Nomgcobo Jiba has denied instructing the unit that handled prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes to hand over the Cradock Four murder docket to her office.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about Nomgcobo Jiba's denial.
“Former deputy director of public prosecutions Chris MacAdam, in an affidavit in 2021 before the high court in Pretoria, stated the docket was collected from his office to that of the national director of public prosecutions (NDPP) in April 2013. It has not been found since.”
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“Although Jiba was not mentioned by name in MacAdam’s affidavit, the timeline referred to concerning the docket of the 1985 murders of anti-apartheid activists Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto was during her acting tenure.”
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“The missing docket has been a contentious issue for the NPA because no-one has been arrested 41 years after the killings.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia regarding arrests in the Cradock Four case.
“Hermanus Barend du Plessis, identified by the Foundation for Human Rights as a key suspect in the murders, died in May 2023.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia confirming Hermanus Barend du Plessis's death in May 2023.
“MacAdam, in his affidavit before the commission, did not allege that Jiba’s office collected the docket.”
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“Jiba said her personal assistant, Jackie Lepinka, wrote a letter to the unit handling the TRC cases and asked for clarity and the listing of names of the accused in the Cradock Four case.”
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“Shaun Abrahams, a former NDPP and the head of the unit at the time, responded to her. 'I would have included that request in the letter... but you can see the last paragraph does not even request the docket. I have never asked for the docket.'”
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“From 2013 to 2019, when Jiba left the NPA after a finding she was not fit to hold office, she said she was never asked about the missing docket.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia regarding Jiba being asked about the docket between 2013 and 2019.
“Jiba left the NPA in 2019 after being removed by President Cyril Ramaphosa. His decision followed an inquiry, chaired by retired Constitutional Court judge Yvonne Mokgoro, that found that Jiba was unfit for her role at the NPA.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia confirming Jiba's removal by President Ramaphosa in 2019.
“The Cato Manor case involves racketeering charges against former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Maj-Gen Johan Booysen, which courts found were instituted without evidence in 2012. Authorisationﺏ for the charges was initially granted to Nomgcobo Jiba.”
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