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Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi and Advocate Andy Mothibi Launch IDAC Clean Up, Promise Accountability for All
The leadership crisis at the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) deepened on Thursday after Justice…
SAPU Calls for Heads to Roll at IDAC After Charges Against General Dumisani Khumalo and Co Accused Withdrawn
The South African Policing Union (SAPU) has called for senior officials at the Investigating Directorate…
NDPP Halts Prosecution of Khumalo, Mokwele and Six Others Over Crime Intelligence Appointments
The National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) has ordered the provisional withdrawal of criminal charges…
MK Party, EFF Challenge NDPP Appointment
The appointment of Advocate Andy Mothibi as the new National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP)…
Ramaphosa Appoints Mothibi as Prosecutions Boss
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Advocate Andy Mothibi as South Africa’s new National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), with effect from 1 February 2026. Advocate Mothibi will replace outgoing NDPP Advocate Shamila Batohi, whose term of office comes to an end at the end of January. The appointment was announced by the Presidency on Tuesday night, in accordance with section 179(1)(a) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, read together with section 10 of the National Prosecuting Authority…
Ramaphosa Orders Probe Into Advocate Andrew Chauke’s Fitness to Lead NPA
President Cyril Ramaphosa has formally established an inquiry to determine the fitness of Advocate Andrew Chauke to continue serving as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The announcement, made on Monday, follows Chauke’s suspension in July this year, after a cloud of allegations surrounding his conduct threatened to undermine confidence in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The inquiry has been set up in terms of Section 12(6)(a) of the National Prosecuting Authority Act of 1998, which empowers the President to probe…
Police are Probing the Killing of Eastern Cape Prosecutor in Bityi
The SAPS in the Eastern Cape has kicked off an investigation to nab the killers of Elona Sombulula, a young District Court prosecutor who was based in the Ngcobo Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday night. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Sombulula (30) joined the NPA through the aspirant prosecutor program in 2022 and he was acting as a regional court prosecutor when he was shot dead. It added this devastating incident has sent waves of grief through the NPA…