Scopa meeting with NPA, Hawks, SIU lays bare criminal justice shortfalls
Daily Maverick | 19.08.2026 04:20
It all started when EFF MP Veronica Mente asked why it was decided not to prosecute 63 of the 84 Eastern Cape cases that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) referred to the NPA. In prosecutorial lingo, that’s called nolle prosequi, a decision that effectively ends criminal prosecution.
