PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma was yesterday granted leave to appeal the judgment of the North Gauteng High Court passed last month‚ which had ordered the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to hand over the reduced record of decision‚ including the spy tapes‚ to the DA.
The DA sought the record of decision that former acting national director of public prosecutions Mokotedi Mpshe used to inform his decision to drop charges of corruption against Zuma in April 2009‚ so it can launch a court review of that decision.
The judgment means the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) will once again be asked to make a ruling on which parts of the record the prosecuting authority should furnish the DA with.
Judge Rammaka Mathopo ordered last month that the record to be given to the DA include any internal memoranda‚ reports or minutes of meetings dealing with the contents of the recordings or the transcript itself‚ insofar as these documents did not breach the confidentiality of Zuma’s written or oral representations to the NPA to drop the charges.
Zuma applied two weeks ago to appeal Judge Mathopo’s judgment.
The DA argued Mpshe obtained the recordings he relied upon to drop the charges against Zuma from the National Intelligence Agency‚ saying the recordings he obtained were never part of representations made by Zuma to the NPA. — BDLive
SCA asked again to decide Zuma spy tape appeal
The DA sought the record of decision that former acting national director of public prosecutions Mokotedi Mpshe used to inform his decision to drop charges of corruption against Zuma in April 2009‚ so it can launch a court review of that decision.
The judgment means the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) will once again be asked to make a ruling on which parts of the record the prosecuting authority should furnish the DA with.
Judge Rammaka Mathopo ordered last month that the record to be given to the DA include any internal memoranda‚ reports or minutes of meetings dealing with the contents of the recordings or the transcript itself‚ insofar as these documents did not breach the confidentiality of Zuma’s written or oral representations to the NPA to drop the charges.
Zuma applied two weeks ago to appeal Judge Mathopo’s judgment.
The DA argued Mpshe obtained the recordings he relied upon to drop the charges against Zuma from the National Intelligence Agency‚ saying the recordings he obtained were never part of representations made by Zuma to the NPA. — BDLive
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