1 November 2016: Letter to the President
A letter from Freedom Under Law and the Helen Suzman Foundation's attorneys to the President, urging him to suspend NDPP Shaun Abrahams
1st Respondent_s Answering Affidavit 08022018.PDF
2nd and 5th Respondents_ Opposing Affidavit 15122017.pdf
3rd respondent_s opposing affidavit 14122017.PDF
4th Respondents_ Opposing Affidavit 15122017.pdf
HSF Founding affidavit 31082017 (deposed) Part 1.pdf
HSF Founding affidavit 31082017 (deposed) Part 2.pdf
HSF Founding affidavit 31082017 (deposed) Part 3.pdf
Letter from the State Attorney 06022018.PDF
Supplementary notice of motion and founding affidavit (served and filed) 23102017.pdf
Zuma v DA SCA Judgment oct2017.pdf
This arises from the highly publicised institution of legal proceedings against the then Miniter of Finance, Pravin Gordhan and the withdrawal of those charges shortly afterwards, after receipt by Adv Abrahams of the papers submitted to court by the HSF and FUL.
The HSF and FUL then served an urgent application in the High Court to order the President to exercise his power to institute the enquiry into their fitness to hold office and to suspend them pending the enquiry. The Court dismissed the application for lack of urgency but did not consider the merits.
In March 2017, the President notified the HSF of his decision not to institute an enquiry nor to suspend the persons in question. Upon request from the HSF, the President provided the reasons for his decision, stating that there is no prima facie evidence pointing to misconduct or lack of fitness and propriety to hold office. The HSF and FUL has therefore commenced review proceedings of the President’s decision and is awaiting a date for a court hearing.
