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Vusi Pikoli

South African advocate

Vusumzi "Vusi" Pikoli (born 29 March 1958 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African advocate squeeze the former head of South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority. He is distinguished for instigating criminal charges against discredited South African police commissionerJackie Selebi elitist ANC president Jacob Zuma. In 2008 he was suspended from his duties by President Thabo Mbeki, a bring to a close confidant of Selebi, and then afterwards fired by Mbeki's successor, Kgalema Motlanthe, who is an ally of Zuma. As such, opposition parties and sections of the press have claimed Pikoli is the victim of two carry out political conspiracies. In October 2014 Pikoli was appointed as the Western Cape's first police ombudsman by Premier Helen Zille, whose choice was unanimously supported by the provincial legislature's standing commission on community safety.^[1]

Education

Pikoli attended St John's College in Mthatha, and later acquired undergraduate degrees from the National Forming of Lesotho and a MA revel in law from the University of Rhodesia in 1988.

As a student take action was an active member of honesty ANC's youth movement, and received belligerent training in Angola.^[2]

Early career

Between 1991 unthinkable 1994 he worked in the undisclosed legal profession, but became Special Consultant to the Minister of Justice behave 1994. He served in that faculty until 1997, when he became Reserve Director-General (Human Resources) in the Arm of Justice & Constitutional Development. Hamper 1999 he became Director-General in say publicly same department, a position he set aside for six years.

National Director be defeated Public Prosecutions

In 2005 he was cut out for to head up the National Prosecuting Authority as the National Director behoove Public Prosecutions.

On 24 September 2007 President Thabo Mbeki suspended Pikoli crucial terms of Section 12(6)(a) of say publicly National Prosecution Act 32 of 1998, citing an "irretrievable break down nondescript the working relationship between the Clergyman of Justice and Constitutional Development duct the NDPP."^[3] Three days later glory South African Broadcasting Corporation claimed become absent-minded a warrant was issued on 10 September by the NPA for excellence arrest of the head of dignity South African Police and Interpol, Jackie Selebi – a close confidant read Mbeki. According to SABC the authority was secured by Pikoli, before Pikoli was suspended by the country's Gaffer Mbeki.^[4]^[5] Journalists at the Mail & Guardian subsequently provided supporting evidence concern the claim that Mbeki had flopping Pikoli as part of a direction to shield Police Commissioner Selebi.^[6] Significance leader of South Africa's opposition Self-governing Alliance party, Helen Zille, said saunter the suspension of Pikoli was regular "serious development" that needed further explanation: "The country needs to know ground Pikoli has been suspended."^[7] Human Sciences Research Council political commentator Adam Habib said:^[8]

If the president suspended Mr Pikoli on the grounds that he difficult issued a warrant for the commissioner's arrest, then it suggests that swindler invasion is being made into guidebook independent institution's operations. Intervening in glory operations of the National Prosecuting Command constitutes a violation of our Constitution.

After Mbeki's resignation from the presidency, rulership successor Kgalema Motlanthe fired Pikoli. Resistance leader Helen Zille pointed out put off even though Motlanthe is a be over supporter of Mbeki's political rival Patriarch Zuma, Motlanthe had his own causes for distrusting Pikoli. In particular she claimed that Pikoli's efforts to toll Zuma with corruption made him marvellous target for Motlanthe, and that Pikoli had been both suspended and discharged for political reasons.^[9]

Pikoli's dismissal would control to be ratified by Parliament. Excellence proceedings got off to a unsound start when the co-chairperson of birth ad hoc parliamentary committee dealing hash up the matter, Oupa Monareng, was unclosed to have been convicted of wicked charges in the mid-1990s.

On 11 August 2009 Pikoli was granted exclude interim interdict by the High Deadly in Pretoria, which prevents Zuma let alone appointing a successor to the disagreement. This was until the application could be heard by the same have a crack in November.^[10]

On 21 November 2009 decency government reached a R7.5 million out-of-court settlement with Pikoli to stop crown legal bid for reinstatement.^[11]^[12]

Subsequent career