Shaun Abrahams

The Constitutional Court rules that the 2017 appointment of Jacob Zuma ally Shaun Abrahams as National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) director was illegal...

A diplomatic storm blew up just after Shamila Batohi the new national director of public prosecutions took over from her compromised predecessor   Shaun Abrahams on 1 February...

The former director Shaun Abrahams a Zuma loyalist was suspended for misconduct in September pending a thorough probe...

However they are surprised that the President has not yet appointed a new national director of public prosecutions following the dismissal of the discredited Shaun Abrahams in August...

One ray of light for the reformists in the ANC is that the courts have finally ruled that the appointment of the national director of public prosecutions Shaun Abrahams was invalid opening the way for Ramaphosa to appoint a more neutral and effective candidate than Abrahams who was widely seen as protecting Zuma and his cronies...

The Director of the National Prosecuting Authority Shaun Abrahams is seen as the next member of the old guard to go...

At the same time Zuma is resisting the court ruling that he is too conflicted to appoint a new director of the National Prosecuting Authority to replace the discredited Shaun Abrahams...

8 December 2017: The High Court rules that the Director of National Prosecution Agency Shaun Abrahams was unlawfully appointed by Zuma...

Ramaphosa will also need to remove the head of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) Tom Moyane as well as the Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams whose main task was to protect Zuma from prosecution (AC Vol 58 No 1 Power struggle goes nuclear)...

First the High Court ruled that Ramaphosa not Zuma should appoint the new director of the National Prosecution Authority to replace Shaun Abrahams...

The Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams who has previously refused to prosecute Zuma and his loyalists has remained silent since the ruling...