Publication	The Citizen
Date	2012-01-20
Reporter	Kiekie Mboweni
Web Link	www.citizen.co.za

TWO months before the 2009 general elections, then acting National Prosecuting Authority head Mokotedi Mpshe announced that the NPA had decided to withdraw corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, because the NPA had recordings between prosecutors that “compromised” the case.

Now isn’t it strange that the SIU boss  Willie Hofmeyr, who was part of the team that decided on the matter, is still looking for the tapes, transcripts or even copies of the conversations.

We were told that the  NPA  first heard of the tapes from Zuma’s legal representative, Michael Hulley, and based on content of the tapes the NPA decided to withdraw the charges.

 One would have thought that the NPA made their decision to drop charges  based on evidence that was in their possesion, but, as it turns out, they don’t have the tapes at all.

It’s clear that political interference played a major role in having the charges dropped. This is an  important case and the least the  NPA could have done was to release the tapes for the nation to hear for themselves.

As things stand  one now  doubts whether the tapes ever existed. Did the NPA make them up?

With acknowledgements to Kiekie Mboweni and The Citizen.

One thing seems sure is that if the intercept tapes ever existed then all of the following are true :

• it was an illegal intercept;

• the tapes no longer exist; and

• there was no transcript done.

For a record of articles on the tapes, refer to :

http://armsdeal-vpo.co.za/index.php?location=april2009

http://armsdeal-vpo.co.za/index.php?location=march2009