Ngcuka denies Zuma involvement
2006-05-12 16:33
Johannesburg - Former national director of public prosecutions (NDPP) Bulelani Ngcuka on Friday threatened legal action against ANC Youth League leader Fikile Mbalula.
Ngcuka said he rejected "with contempt" insinuations by Mbalula "and any other person, directly or indirectly" that he had a hand in the laying of a rape charge against former deputy president Jacob Zuma.
"Ngcuka is flabbergasted by the outbursts that have become synonymous with Mbalula since the former NDPP started to investigate the league's sponsor, Brett Kebble, a few years ago," his spokesman, Sipho Ngwema said.
"Ngcuka wishes to state categorically that he does not know and has never met the complainant in the Zuma rape case.
"The inference that Ngcuka might have had something to do with the case is not only false and malicious but is without any basis in law and common sense. Accordingly, Ngcuka is seeking legal advice for possible legal action, criminal and civil, against Mbalula and others."
- SAPA