South Africa: Presidential Pardon for AbaThembu king? Waiting on the wheels of justice By Ayanda Mthethwa and News24
A decision on whether AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo will leave prison a free man and without a criminal record now rests with President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Khusela Diko, spokesperson of the Presidency confirmed that the recommendations were received by the president’s office but was yet to provide a detailed reply to questions sent to her byAccording to the Justice Ministry’s spokesperson Max Mpunzana, a lengthy constitutional process was followed by Masutha before submitting the recommendations to the Presidency.
Mhaga, who is now in private practice, worked at the justice department for 17 years. He was paid at least R191,596 to deliver a legal opinion to Masutha concerning the application.Mhaga is a private lawyer, he doesn’t work for the Office of the State Attorney, nor does he assist King Dalindyebo,” Mpunzana said on Thursday.
Although it is the king himself that has applied for this pardon, the Congress of Traditional Leaders in South African has been calling for the pardon of the AbaThembu king since January 2016., Contralesa’s secretary general, Zolani Mkiva said: “We were part and parcel of ensuring that the processing of that application actually goes through. We welcome the fact that it is at its advanced stage now and we hope that the President will make an announcement any hour, any day from now.
Ramaphosa is under immense pressure to release Dalindyebo from prison or face “widespread mobilisation”.
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