THE JG ZUMA FOUNDATION REJECTS THE NPA STATEMENT
22 December 2022
The Foundation rejects with the contempt it deserves, the improper and unprofessional attempt by the NPA to play the judge in interpreting its own certificate which is the subject of a dispute between the Private Prosecutor and an Accused person. This is totally unheard of.
The matter simply revolves around the nolle prosequi certificate issued by the NPA on 21 November 2022 when the NPA declined to prosecute " any person in connection with the matter" dealt with in the police complaint submitted by President JGZ at the Pietermaritzburg Police Station. The crux of the NPA statement is that the certificates were not issued in relation to the President because "the President was not mentioned in any of the affidavits and statements" which form part of the docket. Nothing could be further from the truth.
This statement is demonstrably false and it is nothing but a thinly veiled attempt to rescue Mr Ramaphosa.
Paragraph 17 of the relevant affidavit reads as follows: