Taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni appearing before the Kwaggafontein Magistrate’s Court, alongside two of his three co-accused, Mvimbi Daniel Masilela and Philemon Msiza, to face charges of extortion and money laundering.
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is expected to table its draft policy on the protection of prosecutors next month, following several murders of State advocates and the bizarre incident of Mpumalanga prosecutor Mkhuseli Ntaba not appearing in court.
Ntaba was expected at the Kwaggafontein Magistrate’s Court in the R2.2 million extortion and money laundering case against taxi boss Joe Sibanyoni and his three co-accused, but did not pitch up and later told his bosses at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) that he feared for his safety despite his employers having provided him with security.
It has now emerged that the issue of protection of prosecutors has been before the departmental bargaining chamber, where the department and recognised trade unions deliberate on labour-related issues.
The Public Servants Association (PSA) this week informed its members at a special bargaining chamber meeting that the matter was tabled after the murder of regional court prosecutor Tracy Brown in July last year.
