Breytenbach still mulling court action
Glynnis Breytenbach is considering whether to continue her legal battle against the NPA after resigning to pursue politics, her lawyer said on Sunday.
"We will still have to consider that, and then make decisions," Gerhard Wagenaar said.
Breytenbach formally resigned from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Friday.
The NPA's national spokesman Nathi Ncube declined to comment on Breytenbach's resignation, revealed in a Sunday Times report.
Democratic Alliance federal executive chairman James Selfe told Sapa that Breytenbach's name was withheld on the party's Gauteng list for the National Assembly, released on Saturday, because she was still discussing her move to the DA with her employers.
"She has a wealth of experience in the practical side of the criminal justice system and is a highly experienced advocate."
Breytenbach's good understanding of the judiciary would make her a good candidate for the party's justice portfolio, Selfe said.
"For the first time she will have the benefit of parliamentary privilege to put the NPA under spotlight...," he said.
Selfe said that the other "confidential candidates" on the DA's 2014 election candidate lists would be revealed in due course.
"We are giving them the time and space to negotiate exits from their current places of employment..."
In April 2012, Breytenbach was suspended from the NPA and later faced a lengthy disciplinary hearing on 15 charges, which included failing to act impartially while investigating the Kumba Iron Ore/Sishen and Imperial Crown Trading mining rights issue.
She was accused of "improper relations" with Sishen's lawyer Mike Hellens.
Breytenbach has claimed that her suspension from the NPA was related to her opposition to a decision to withdraw fraud and corruption charges against former police crime intelligence head, Richard Mdluli.
On May 27, an NPA disciplinary hearing found her not guilty on all the charges.
Breytenbach was allowed to return to work, but on her return she found the NPA intended sending her to a different office.
In the Labour Court, Breytenbach unsuccessfully applied to have her transfer overturned. On Wednesday her legal team filed a record on appeal in the Labour Appeal Court over her internal transfer.
-Sapa