Head of IDAC

Advocate Mzinyathi (DPP Pretoria) wrote to the Head of IDAC regarding the conduct of prosecutor Mr Ledwaba in relation to case Pretoria CAS 97/05/2021 (or Pretoria West CAS 7/05/2021).

“Advocate Mzinyathi wrote to the then Head of IDAC on the th of June 2021, refers to the conduct of a prosecutor, Mr Ledwaba, that surrounds Pretoria CAS 97/05/2021”

The Head of IDAC could not provide written answers about activities related to IDAC despite summonses, making accountability difficult to assess.

“...when you come here, you are unable to answer because all you can point to are the briefings, nothing in writing that was given to you. And it makes it difficult for us to then assess who is accountable for these decisions, who is accountable for this conduct and if there are rogue elements within IDAC, who holds those rogue elements accountable if it is not the Head of IDAC.”

Before July 6th, nobody expected a Commission and thus the Head of IDAC would not have anticipated needing to answer thousands of documents, but after that date it should have been clear that the Head needed to be aware to answer questions.

“But after July 6th, it should have been obvious that on all these matters, I will be asked to go and explain and answer and I need to be aware of what is going on so that I am able to answer the questions that are posed.”