Shamila Batohi

Despite being headed by Shamila Batohi a respected lawyer with international experience the NPA has a poor record in curbing corruption raising more concerns about institutional structures...

Corruption casesIn May Shamila Batohi head of the NPA told parliament that she would bring nine 'high-profile' cases before it by the end of September...

Ramaphosa-appointed National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi has done an impressive job rebuilding the severely depleted prosecutors' office and working in collaboration with the Zondo Commission charging scores of accused and preparing for several major corruption trials (AC Vol 61 No 14 Showdown to follow lockdown)...

Boosting confidence in the state's prospects in the upcoming trial Ramaphosa appointed four new senior prosecutors on 14 January to serve under NPA boss Shamila Batohi including Anton du Plessis who has left a senior advisory post with the UN Security Council in New York to become one of the NPA's deputy directors...

Dec 2018: Shamila Batohi appointed national director the NPA...

The arrests were made days before the deadline set by National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi to reassure the public that the authorities were working round the clock to apprehend the perpetrators of corruption...

The NPA headed by Shamila Batohi has begun proceedings to extradite the Guptas from India and the United Arab Emirates...

An exasperated National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi said that the country needed to have a serious conversation about corruption (AC Vol 61 No 1 Finally Cyril picks up the pace)...

Investors are also looking for a signal that Shamila Batohi the National Director of Public Prosecutions is making headway in prosecuting the ringleaders of state capture under former President Jacob Zuma (AC Vol 58 No 13 Factional fireworks threaten party & Vol 60 No 15 Zuma blusters at Zondo)...

Lamola Mchunu NPA head Shamila Batohi Hermione Cronje the head of the NPA's investigative unit and Andy Mothibi the head of the Special Investigating Unit all travelled to the UAE just before Christmas to negotiate the extradition according to our sources...