NPA's decision not to prosecute me was rational - Zuma in court papers
31 August 2016
Bloemfontein – Former National Prosecuting Authority head Mokotedi Mpshe's decision not to prosecute President Jacob Zuma for graft was rational, court papers argue.
Zuma has filed his replying affidavit to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein, challenging a High Court ruling that he should face corruption charges.
According to the affidavit, Mpshe had considered that the public interest, for declining to continue with the prosecution, outweighed the merits, and that "this was perfectly rational".
"The DA seek to view the timing manipulation by [Leonard] McCarthy (in consultation with former NPA boss Bulelani Ngcuka) as a decontextualised insulated incident which was all Mr Mpshe was to consider," the affidavit reads.