The mission statement of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) contains these words: "... ensure justice ... by prosecuting without fear, favour or prejudice".
It is hard to see how the decision to drop the charges against Jacob Zuma ensures justice; it merely entrenches the belief that justice is applied differently to those with power in the governing party.
The apparent "abuse of process" by former NPA staff is seemingly enough to leave the NPA quaking in its boots - so much for "without fear". This process has been a debacle ever since Bulelani Ngcuka's "prima facie" press conference and leaves the impression of a highly incompetent prosecuting …
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