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11th April 2018

By: Thabi Shomolekae
Creamer Media Senior Writer

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Civil rights organisation AfriForum on Wednesday urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to remove the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shaun Abrahams from office, following the organisation filing corruption charges against Abrahams.

AfriForum filed charges of corruption, fraud, theft, extortion and forgery against Abrahams and six other senior members of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).

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The civil rights organisation said on Wednesday that it had received an anonymous letter elaborating on allegations of serious criminal conduct and a plea to the organisation to ensure that “the rot within the NPA is not allowed to continue”.

Head of AfriForum’s Anti-Corruption Unit Monique Taute said that one of the allegation refers to a covertly-funded fraudulent travel claim from four members of the NPA.

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The claims, submitted for authorisation to travel to Zeerust, misrepresented the fact that they actually travelled to Cape Town and spent R97 000 of these covert funds, said Taute.

She added that it is suspected that a witness protection vehicle was allocated to the NDPP, who then used the vehicle for personal benefit.

“I believe the suggestion here is that all government assets are strictly governed and that the logbooks, etc. must at all times – even under covert circumstances – reflect the factual use of the asset, but in this case the NDPP has corruptly ensured a personal and/or gratuitous official benefit to which he is not entitled,” said Taute.

AfriForum said it believed that the allegations were of an alarming nature and therefore requested the South African Police Service to investigate the allegations made in the anonymous letter it received.

 

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