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City Press reports that advocacy group ‘Freedom Under Law’ is preparing to launch an application that seeks to prevent President Jacob Zuma from appointing a permanent national director of public prosecutions.
The group is also preparing to challenge the practice of offering “golden handshakes” to top public servants the president wants to get rid of. Judge Johann Kriegler, director of the advocacy group, said: “We are very concerned about the increasing tendency of public servants being appointed to senior positions, to later be suspended and then be given financial settlements to resign.” The legal challenge comes as moves are afoot to find a replacement for former head of public prosecutions Mxolisi Nxasana, who left late last month after accepting a settlement of more than R17 million. Nxasana left the NPA shortly before an inquiry into his fitness to hold office could commence. Legal expert Shadrack Gutto said there were grounds to challenge the growing trend of paying senior public servants to leave instead of putting them through disciplinary processes. “This is problematic, because the issues they were initially suspended for are not dealt with, but taxpayers’ money is being used in the financial settlements,” he indicated. Presidency spokesperson Harold Maloka said he was not aware of the impending court challenge and could not comment on it.
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