{
  "id": 15940582,
  "title": "TRC Roulette : Former justice minister Brigitte Mabandla denies instruction to halt post-TRC prosecutions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/trc-roulette-former-justice-minister-brigitte-mabandla-denies",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T19:52:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Maverick",
    "slug": "daily-maverick",
    "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-10-21-former-justice-minister-brigitte-mabandla-denies-instruction-to-halt-post-trc-prosecutions/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former South African Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla denied allegations that she instructed National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) senior official Dr. Silas Ramaite to halt post-TRC prosecutions on 11 November 2004. At the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry, Mabandla stated she never made a phone call to Ramaite on that date. Ramaite alleged that Mabandla had called for a moratorium on TRC prosecutions, prompting him to inform Anton Ackermann, head of the Priority Crimes Litigation Unit, to put the investigations on hold. Mabandla, however, denied any involvement, claiming she had been in Bangui, Central African Republic, at the time and was certain she did not make the call.",
  "summary": "At the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into delayed TRC prosecutions, former minister of justice Brigitte Mabandla denied issuing any instructions to halt prosecutions to National Prosecuting Authority senior official Dr Silas Ramaite.",
  "key_points": [
    "Brigitte Mabandla denies instructing NPA official to halt TRC prosecutions.",
    "She claims she was in Central African Republic on November 11, 2004.",
    "Mabandla states she never made a phone call to Dr. Silas Ramaite."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}