Magistrate goes to High Court over charges against Ngcuka
Publish date: 18 August 2005
Issue Number: 1401
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: General
Pietermaritzburg Magistrate Ashin Singh will lodge papers with the High Court today in a move to force the State to act on criminal charges that he instituted against various prominent figures, including the former National Director of Public Prosecutions, Bulelani Ngcuka, in November 2003.
A report in The Mercury says the charges were laid in the wake of the States failed prosecution of Singh, a former Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigator, on charges of defeating the ends of justice. The paper says Singhs attorney, Naren Sangham, confirmed the application would ask the court to direct the State to prosecute the people concerned, or to provide Singh with reasons why they were not being prosecuted. I believe that justice should be meted out to all. On the documents in our possession it is abundantly clear that there have not only been minor indiscretions on the part of Ngcuka and his team. I believe the application is well-founded and should succeed, said Sangham.
The Mercury report not available online
