The Truth and Reconciliation Commission TRC Cases Inquiry has heard that former Justice Minister Bridgitte Mabandla instructed the National Prosecuting Authority NPA to stop the prosecution of all TRC Cases in November 2004.
This was the account of Former National Director of Public Prosecutions NDPP Silas Ramaite to the Inquiry on its eighth day of public hearings in Newton, Johannesburg.
Ramaite says that Mabandlas intervention was prompted by the NPAs imminent arrest of three accused in the 1999 attempted murder of anti-apartheid activist Rev Frank Chikane.
