Jiba asked ex-prosecutor to flout procedure in Cato Manor case, Zondo commission hears
27 February 2020
The commission of inquiry into state capture has heard that former deputy national director of public prosecutions advocate Nomgcobo Jiba asked former head of prosecutions in KwaZulu-Natal Simphiwe Mlotshwa to sign an indictment in the Cato Manor case without relevant documentation.
"I was asked to sign an indictment without a prosecutor's memo or a docket. It wasn't provided and I had difficulty with that. I refused to sign the indictment, until I was recalled," advocate Mlotshwa, former acting director of public prosecution (DPP) in KZN, said at the inquiry on Thursday.
"When I asked for the memo or report, I was probed as if there was resistance. It gave me sleepless nights. If it exists, why am I not [getting it]?" he added.
Mlotshwa was referring to the infamous Cato Manor case in which former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Major-General Johan Booysen and 25 police officers were arrested in June 2012. They were charged on 116 counts, including murder, attempted murder and racketeering.