Karyn Maughan demystifies the NPA’s extradition ruling headache

The way South Africa’s prosecutors go about extraditing the criminally accused from another country to face justice in a local court is currently under intense scrutiny. The crux of the matter is that in 2014, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruled in one particular case that only the country’s Justice Minister and not the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is allowed to make extradition requests. This effectively allowed the former personal assistant to ex-Free State Premier Ace Magashule, Moroadi Cholota, to argue her way to walking free in the so-called asbestos tender trial. And now the SCA ruling may affect nearly ninety other extradition matters, including the murder case of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane. Our resident legal journalist, Karyn Maughan, joins us in this edition of The Lead to help us demystify this major legal precedent. Later in the show, host Graeme Raubenheimer takes us to Midrand where former EFF turned MKP politician Floyd Shivambu says he’s consulting the possibility of starting a new party but won’t resign from the MKP. Finally, Kyalami race track solidifies plans to jumpstart to Formula One status. You can now send a short voice note of 15 to 20 seconds with your questions or thoughts on this episode to our official The Lead WhatsApp line, that’s: +27 72 562 3179. Mail your comments to thelead@24.com. Editions drop Monday through Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube.