By: Thabi Shomolekae
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen said his party will refer the National Prosecuting Authority to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development to explain its decision not to prosecute in the Phala Phala case. On Thursday, the Director of Public Prosecutions in Limpopo, advocate Mukhali Ivy Thenga said that there was no reasonable prospect of a successful prosecution in the Phala Phala case, based on evidence contained in the docket. “I think there is a need for greater explanation of the decision. I think that when a decision like this is made and it has obvious implications that reach right to the top of government, greater information must be provided and I believe the Justice Portfolio Committee should be the place the NPA comes and shares with those who are exercised with conducting oversight, and are able to understand the decision,” said Steenhuisen during a media briefing in Johannesburg. Once the NPA had accounted, he said, the DA would determine how to proceed. →
