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DPP charges sabotage as State fails to hire prosecutors

By Stephen Makabila

The rapid expansion of the Judiciary has run into teething problems thanks to a shortage of public prosecutors. Sources say close to a third of the 510 magistrates employed by the Government are sitting idle as the backlog of cases grows.

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