Ramaphosa close to decision on Chauke suspension

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa is at an advanced stage of deciding whether Johannesburg Director of Public Prosecution Andrew Chauke should be suspended or not.

- MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA

So said Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi when she was responding to DA MP Damien Klopper, who asked what efforts she made to assist National Director of Public Prosecution Shamila Batohi in her request to Ramaphosa to suspend Chauke.

Batohi had made the request to Ramaphosa three years after Chauke was investigated over his conduct in the cases against former Crime Intelligence head Richard Mdluli and the Cato Manor police unit.

Kubayi confirmed Batohi made the submission to Ramaphosa which necessitated a request for a full report that took time for its submission.

“The report the president has requested and what has been provided took more than eight months to the president and has arrived in the portfolio. The final report was submitted to the president at the beginning of this year. The matter is at advanced stage,” she said.