Former South African president denies impeding investigation and prosecution of apartheid-era cases
- JOHANNESBURG -- Former South African President Thabo Mbeki said Monday that he had neither ordered prosecutors to stop cases involving apartheid-era crimes nor struck secret deals to shield former security officers from justice.
- There was no such thing,” Mbeki told a judicial inquiry in Johannesburg examining allegations that political interference in democratic South Africa prevented investigations and prosecutions of crimes committed under white minority rule.
- Mbeki, who succeeded Nelson Mandela in 1999 and served until 2008, said in a written statement that the N
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- JOHANNESBURG -- Former South African President Thabo Mbeki said Monday that he had neither ordered prosecutors to stop cases involving apartheid-era crimes nor struck secret deals to shield former security officers from justice.
- There was no such thing,” Mbeki told a judicial inquiry in Johannesburg examining allegations that political interference in democratic South Africa prevented investigations and prosecutions of crimes committed under white minority rule.
- Mbeki, who succeeded Nelson Mandela in 1999 and served until 2008, said in a written statement that the N
Sources: ABC News