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Nxasana willing to resume duties as NDPP

JOINT STATEMENT BY CORRUPTION WATCH AND CASAC

Former National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Mxolisi Nxasana, has yesterday filed a revealing and potentially damning affidavit in response to applications lodged by Corruption Watch (CW) and Freedom under Law (FUL), as well as by the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC). In his notice and affidavit filed in the High Court in Pretoria yesterday, Nxasana confirms that he is not opposing relief sought by CW /FUL and CASAC, and that he will abide with any decision of the High Court, including any decision to repay the settlement amount of R17.3-million in terms of his purported ‘resignation’.

The organisations seek to review and set aside the R17.3-million settlement agreement between Nxasana, the president and the minister of justice, and are of the view that the settlement agreement and the decision to authorise such agreement were unlawful and unconstitutional and should therefore be declared invalid and set aside.

Some of the allegations made in Nxasana’s affidavit:

 “It was evident to me that Mr Hulley wanted me to say on oath that I had made a request to the president to vacate my office in terms of section 12(8) of the NPA Act. I advised Mr Hulley that I was not prepared to make that statement since that was not what had occurred factually.  I reminded him that I was an officer of this Court and that I would not mislead the Court.”

Nxasana’s version of events align with what civil society applicants have said in this matter. In particular, the president has not been able to produce any evidence of Nxasana requesting to be relieved of his duties despite alleging that he had done so. The organisations will now await the hearing of this matter in order for these issues and contradictions to be fully ventilated in court.

View the affidavit.

For more information, contact:

Corruption Watch                                                                  CASAC
Patience Mkosana – 072 992 8380                                  Lawson Naidoo – 073 158 5736

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