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Minister Jeff Radebe Picture: Dumisani Sibeko<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal that the appointment of Menzi Simelane as National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) was unconstitutional and invalid has raised questions about Justice Minister Jeff Radebe\u2019s role in the appointment, as well as his competency in managing the justice portfolio.<\/p>\n
Judge Mahomed Navsa\u2019s decision has been widely viewed as nothing short of a national embarrassment.<\/p>\n
But while President Jacob Zuma may have made the final decision, the submission by the president and Radebe to the court indicates that Radebe had an overwhelming influence over Zuma\u2019s decisions, which political analyst Prince Mashele said showed that the minister was incompetent.<\/p>\n
Political analyst Adam Habib said Radebe had been the weakest minister of justice ever. \u201cHis behaviour towards judicial matters has (resulted) in the weakening of the justice system. He is the weakest minister we have ever had post-1994,\u201d said Habib.<\/p>\n
He cited Radebe\u2019s attitude and comments regarding the Judicial Service Commission\u2019s interviews with candidates for the position of chief justice, his attitude towards former prosecutions boss Vusi Pikoli and the advice he has given Zuma over the past years regarding crucial national decisions. These, he said, cast aspersions over the minister\u2019s capabilities.<\/p>\n
Professor Pierre de Vos described Radebe\u2019s reading of the constitution as \u201cadventurous\u201d.<\/p>\n
Radebe said, for example, that the robust debate that accompanied the appointment of Mogoeng Mogoeng as Chief Justice was an affront to and called into question the president\u2019s judgment.<\/p>\n
Regarding the invalid appointment of Simelane, Radebe said in his submission to the SCA that when Zuma asked to speak to him about his view that Simelane was the right person to appoint to the position of NDPP, \u201che indicated that though he had firm views on appointing Simelane, he wished to obtain an opinion from me\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201c[I], as Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, gave advice in the form of a full briefing to the president on the appointment of Simelane to the position of Deputy NDPP,\u201d Radebe said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn November 2009 when the president sought to appoint Simelane as NDPP, I once again gave him my views on Simelane\u2019s eligibility and told him that I supported his choice of Simelane as NDPP. I stand by the views expressed to the president at the time,\u201d Radebe said in his affidavit.<\/p>\n
Habib said that for Radebe to \u201csay he simply fulfilled his duty\u201d was unacceptable as \u201cwe know the president\u2019s decision-making has become questionable \u2013 especially pertaining to the judiciary and the security cluster, (but) Radebe had to have had the courage to say that he wasn\u2019t the right man for the job.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the Ginwala report which called into question Simelane\u2019s competency, Radebe said in his affidavit that Zuma had \u201cspecifically sought his views on the finding and recommendations\u201d.<\/p>\n
He had studied the Ginwala report to familiarise himself with \u201cthe intricacies of the relationship between the national prosecuting authority and my office, and the manner in which the discharge of our separate and collective constitutional obligations were tabled in Parliament\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ginwala described Simelane\u2019s conduct during the inquiry as having \u201cleft much to be desired\u201d.<\/p>\n
– Sunday Tribune<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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