MK Party moves to block Shamila Batohi pension payments in urgent court bid

MK bid to block Batohi pension tests limits of presidential power – The Mail & Guardian

The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has reserved judgment in an urgent application by the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) to interdict the payment of former national director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi’s pension and related benefits. Proceedings before Judge Nicoline Janse van Nieuwenhuizen on Wednesday focused on whether the application met the threshold for urgency and whether there was a legal basis to halt the payment of be…

MK Party moves to block Shamila Batohi pension payments in urgent court bid

The MK Party has launched an urgent court bid to prevent former NDPP Advocate Shamila Batohi from receiving her pension and post-term benefits, raising questions about her fitness for office and the transparency of state fund disbursements.

Court to hear MK party's urgent bid against Batohi's pension

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday will hear former president Jacob Zuma’s MK party’s urgent bid to block the payment of former National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Advocate Shamila Batohi’s pension and other post-term gratuities, including reversing the decision to fund her legal costs in the Nkabinde Inquiry. The MK party launched an urgent court bid this month. Intervention MK party national spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhl…