National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams has received the recommendation of the prosecuting team that considered whether former president Jacob Zuma should be charged with corruption, money laundering and racketeering. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku said Abrahams would now "apply his mind". "The team will some time next week come and brief him with his deputies and then, after that process is finalised, he will be in a position [to announce his decision]," Mfaku said. Zuma made fresh representations to the NPA on January 31. The DA has made representations on why he should face the charges. The charges against Zuma were withdrawn in 2009, but in 2016 the High Court in Pretoria found that this decision was irrational. This ruling was upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeal in 2017. The NPA has given the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) the assurance that Abrahams will give it two weeks’ notice before he ma...
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