Re: NPA RESPONSE ON GLYNNIS BREYTENBACH RULING

The NPA has studied the findings of the chairperson which were handed down on 27 May 2013.

The findings are factually incorrect and legally unsustainable. The findings have serious implications on the enforcement of discipline in the NPA and will elevate insubordination, disobedience and unethical conduct into acceptable practice in the workplace, something which goes against employment law in our constitutional state.

The NPA has, for these reasons and due to the serious implications of the chairperson's findings in the workplace environment within the NPA, decided to take the chairperson's findings on review to court without undue delay.

The court will be asked to review and set aside the findings and replace them with a finding of guilty against Ms Breytenbach.

In these circumstances, the court process should be respected and allowed to take its course.

Statement issued by Ms Nomilo Mpondo, Acting Senior Manager: Communications, National Prosecuting Authority, May 28 2013

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