South Africa: SARS Wars - 'Rogue Unit' Prosecutor Sello Maema Compromised, but NPA Is Keeping Mum

The Priority Crimes Litigation Unit, which has been abused as a key structure within the NPA to target perceived enemies of former President Jacob Zuma and the State Capture project, is behind the recent charging of former deputy SARS Commissioner Ivan Pillay and colleagues Johann van Loggerenberg and Andries Janse van Rensburg under a recycled case number that was last used to unsuccessfully persecute Pravin Gordhan in 2016. The unit, under Dr Torie Pretorius, has targeted an impressive list of corruption busters including Johan Booysen, Shadrack Sibiya, Anwa Dramat, Robert McBride, Paul O'Sullivan, Pravin Gordhan and Glynis Breytenbach. The ghosts of the Zuma era are yet to be exorcised.

For more than a week the National Prosecuting Authority's National spokesperson, Advocate Luvuyo Mfaku, has simply ignored questions surrounding Advocate Sello Maema, the NPA prosecutor who signed off (along with Priority Crimes Litigation Unit [PCLU] head Dr Torie Pretorius) the charge sheet rendering former SARS deputy Commissioner Ivan Pillay a co-accused with former group executive, Johann van Loggerenberg, as well as original leader of the National Research Group (NRG) in SARS, Andries Janse van Rensburg.

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