This extraordinary piece of what prosecutors are calling unprecedented political interference came in a government gazette provision last Thursday under the Diplomatic Immunities and Protections Act.
The prosecutors and Department of International Relations and Cooperation were told unequivocally that it covers leaders and delegates arriving and moving to and from the AU summit in Sandton.
The prosecutors say they’ve ascertained from the International Criminal Court that they’re obliged to arrest Sudan’s President Omar al Bashir on two outstanding warrants for genocide in Darfur but are being politically prevented from doing their job.

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