Allegations of racism and nepotism at the top of the National Prosecuting Authority in the Eastern Cape have erupted into the public domain in the Grahamstown high court.
But an application by three Indian prosecutors, a coloured colleague and a white administrator for an interdict to stop five black colleagues and their trade union making defamatory statements about them was refused by Judge Nomathamsanqa Beshe on Tuesday.
They also wanted an unconditional retraction and apology for comments their black colleagues made in complaints to the national director of public prosecutions, Shamila Batohi, and others. “According to [Goberdan], a few days after the meeting and without any investigation into these allegations, she was removed as the acting director of public prosecutions in the Eastern Cape,” said Beshe.
Seithleko also complained about ill-treatment from Sam, the regional court senior public prosecutor, and said other colleagues received preferential treatment. Goberdan and her colleagues also cited a press release issued in June 2020 by the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers, making allegations of nepotism and racism against them.
Mataisane said his members were simply “expressing their lived experiences without any intention to defame or besmirch” their colleagues, and their complaints were true, factual and in the public interest.
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