New NPA chief Batohi stresses good governance and independence
SA's new top prosecutor says she will get the organisation back on track to fulfil its mandate
Newly appointed national director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi says the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) under her leadership will be underpinned by strong governance principles and independence. Batohi, whose appointment was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday, will be the first woman to lead the prosecuting authority in the permanent position of NDPP. She will take up her role in February 2019 after serving out her notice period at the International Criminal Court (ICC), where she works as a senior legal adviser. Not a single NDPP has completed their non-renewable 10-year term at the NPA since its establishment in 1998. Batohi’s appointment is unique in the sense that, for the first time, it involved an advisory panel publicly interviewing 11 candidates for the post. The panel then made recommendations to Ramaphosa. It will be the job of the new NDPP to clean up the NPA, which has in the past been hamstrung by political interference and marred in controv...
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