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Thabo Mbeki denies interference in prosecution of apartheid-era crimes
Former President Thabo Mbeki has denied he interfered in the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes that were referred to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
Mbeki said allegations that he interfered were a fabrication and no National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) ever raised this with him when he was President that he had been instructed by a Minister to stop the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes.
He said the report by News24 last week that he…