The court further interdicted Morgan-Mashale from posting, spreading, publishing or making known to the public, in any form, comments or information relating to the allegations on social media platforms or through newspapers.

The matter stems from an application launched by the NDPP last year after Morgan-Mashale made a series of Facebook posts accusing the director of public prosecutions in the Free State and prosecutors in that office of corruption. She alleged various payments linked to a matter under investigation amounted to bribes.

National NPA spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said multiple opportunities were provided for Morgan-Mashale to substantiate her claims.

‘False and misleading statements’

“This follows an application launched in 2025 by the national director of public prosecutions against Morgan-Mashale in response to her publication of false and misleading statements of the director of public prosecutions: Free State division and officials within that office, accusing them of being corrupt for making various payments which she described as bribes relating to a particular case that the office was seized with.”

“These defamatory statements were posted on her Facebook account in 2025 on various dates. At all material times, she was requested to provide proof of her allegations, to the extent that the NPA’s office for ethics and accountability allocated an investigator to consider all the evidence she claimed to possess in support of her allegations.”

Kganyago said despite these efforts, Morgan-Mashale failed to provide evidence supporting her allegations. “However, she has never been able to provide such proof, yet she continues to impugn the dignity and reputation of the prosecutors with wild allegations,” he said.

The NPA said legal action became unavoidable after Morgan-Mashale allegedly ignored attempts to resolve the matter outside court.

“The legal affairs division in the NPA, through the state attorney, issued her a cease-and-desist letter calling upon her to refrain from making spurious allegations against the DPP and our prosecutors. Morgan-Mashele ignored this letter, and that paved the way for the application heard today.”

Reputational damage

Kganyago described the ruling as a victory for the institution and its officials. “The NPA is vindicated by the judgment given the personal and reputational damage to the DPP, the NDPP, our prosecutors as well as the NPA as an organisation within the criminal justice system.”

As part of the order, Morgan-Mashale was directed to permanently remove the Facebook posts, publish a formal apology to the NDPP and affected prosecutors within seven days, keep the apology on her Facebook page for 60 days and pay the legal costs of the application.

‘Evidence supporting her allegations’

However, Morgan-Mashale has publicly rejected the NPA’s version of events and insists she possesses evidence supporting her allegations. In a post on Facebook following the judgment, she accused the investigator from the NPA’s ethics committee of misleading the public.

“He informed you that I never gave him any evidence, but he underestimated me, I keep records of EVERYTHING, even my till slips. In the pictures are screenshots of our conversations and evidence that I shared all the documents with him, affidavits, bank statements, receipts, letters, names of witnesses that he should contact, everything.”

She supplied additional information to investigators, she claimed. “I also facilitated a meeting between himself Maj. Gen. Adams and the lawyers of Zwelinzima Joseph Qnuru. He met with General Adams, who gave him more documents, but he never bothered to meet with Zweli or his lawyer.”

The investigator informed her evidence had been shared with other authorities, but that promised engagements never materialised, she alleged. She was informed he had shared all the evidence with Idac and promised to facilitate a meeting.

“That never happened, because after that, he just disappeared and didn't answer my calls anymore.”

In a direct challenge to the court order and the NPA’s claims, Morgan-Mashale stated she has no intention of apologising or removing her posts. The court process presents an opportunity to place her evidence before a judicial forum.

“Taking me to court is a golden opportunity to go and present all the evidence in a court of law and to call Zweli as a witness. It's high time that all this information should be exposed on the relevant platform. In fact, it’s long overdue.”

Morgan-Mashale said she would not apologise or remove the posts because she intends to confront the allegations and evidence in the Free State High Court.

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