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TRC Cases Inquiry | Political interference, false allegations stalled apartheid-era prosecutions: Macadam

Former Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Chris Macadam, says political interference in apartheid-era prosecutions reached the highest levels of government, with senior police officials and government ministers allegedly obstructing the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) efforts to pursue long-delayed cases. Testifying at the TRC Cases Inquiry on Wednesday, Macadam detailed how political manoeuvring, missing dockets and attempts to impose executive control over prosecutions contributed to years of delays in cases […]

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Apartheid victims deserved justice, not just reconciliation: Ackerman

Former Priority Crimes Litigation Unit head, Anton Ackerman, has set a confrontational tone at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases inquiry, insisting that victims of apartheid-era atrocities were entitled to justice, not merely reconciliation and that prosecutions should have followed once the commission concluded its work. Testifying on Wednesday before the inquiry chaired by Justice Sisi Khampepe, Ackerman painted a picture of stalled dockets, alleged political interference, and what […]

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Cross-examination of former NPA boss postponed at TRC inquiry

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Cases Inquiry resumed on Monday with a procedural ruling postponing the cross-examination of former National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka, despite an earlier directive permitting it. The inquiry, chaired by Justice Sisi Khampepe, is probing allegations of political interference in the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes that were not pursued after the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Ngcuka, who led the National […]

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