NPA misses DA’s deadline on Linda Mti

 21 May, 2016 

The request was made to NPA head Shaun Abrahams. File photo
Image by: Simon Mathebula

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has failed to meet a 14-day deadline given it by the Democratic Alliance to respond to the party’s request as to why former correctional services commissioner Linda Mti was not prosecuted in 2009 for alleged corruption and fraud.

The request was made to NPA head Shaun Abrahams by the DA’s mayoral candidate for Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape in the coming local government elections‚ Ahol Trollip.

Mti‚ who was recently appointed as head of head of safety and security for the Nelson Mandela Bay metro by mayor Danny Jordaan‚ was found guilty of drunk and negligent driving in 2008 and has also been implicated in alleged tender fraud and corruption involving around R1.5 billion by the Special Investigating Unit.

Trollip said the DA would now file a PAIA application with the NPA to have the NPA’s record of decision made public as to why it has not prosecuted Mti.

“The DA has fought Mti’s appointment to NMB’s Safety and Security Head since it was first proposed by Danny Jordaan. As a convicted criminal and alleged fraudster‚ there is no place for Linda Mti in the higher offices of our Metro government‚” Trollip asserted.