Zuma benefactor accused of capturing NPA
In a leaked whistle-blower report, former President Jacob Zuma's benefactor, Roy Moodley, has been accused of capturing the NPA in KZN.
The Durban businessman made headlines recently when it emerged that his family company, Global Investments, had successfully bid for Shauwn Mkhize’s football club, Royal AM.
However, the deal fell through after he failed to pay the required deposit.
In a leaked letter sent to NDPP Shamila Batohi, a whistle-blower, who claimed to be a seasoned prosecutor, alleged that senior officials at the NPA in the province were involved in a corrupt relationship with Moodley and blatant transgressions of the NPA's code of ethics.
City Press reports that the whistle-blower said the tip-off should be seen as ‘my humble contribution towards the organisation’s efforts to eradicate corruption and violation of NPA policies, as well as the code of ethics’.
The whistle-blower said the behaviour of the senior prosecutors, Chief Public Prosecutor Gonasagren Naidoo and provincial DPP Elaine Harrison, was contrary to the clean governance and accountability expected in the NPA.
At worst, their conduct ‘borders on serious and flagrant violation and disregard of NPA policies and amounts to blatant corruption’.
NPA regional spokesperson Natasha Ramkissoon-Kara previously said Harrison disputed allegations that the chief prosecutor was being influenced by the Moodleys.
‘We confirm that the NDPP received the letter and engaged (with)both officials implicated in the letter, but (they) have denied the allegations contained therein. However, the NDPP has forwarded the letter to our office for ethics and accountability for a formal investigation.’
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