Corruption is the National Prosecuting Authority’s No 1 priority right now, according to national director ofprosecutions Shamila Batohi. “Corruption has always been a top priority for the NPA”, but a decision was taken at a recent workshop to prioritise it even further, she said at a press briefing yesterday. “We decided work will continue in other areas, but corruption is going to be the prioritised area in the NPA.
Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse chief executive Wayne Duvenage was yesterday hopeful this was “the start of a new chapter”.“We hope this latest development is going to kick-start a new energy – specifically in the ID [Investigating Directorate] – with strong leadership and that we’ll see the authorities getting over the barriers, dealing with what
A further special focus Batohi pointed to was recovering looted funds through civil proceedings and the work of the Asset Forfeiture Unit. When it came to criminal prosecutions, however, he was less confident because “we’ve not seen convincing results in the past”. Batohi insisted the latter was not the case “and there is no widespread sabotage of the ID or any part of the NPA taking place”.
“People in South Africa don’t feel safe and don’t feel justice is being delivered swiftly or broadly enough,” she said.In response to questions about the apparent slow progress at the ID, Batohi said she could “fully understand the impatience of the people of South Africa”, but emphasised the unit had only been around for 2½ years.
Well slap me across the buttocks with a rare fillet of reindeer 🥴
ALETTAHA I call bullshit. How many years have they been targeting corruption with very little to show for it? Not one single person guilty of massive corruption (whom we all know about) has been prosecuted, found guilty or jailed.
We're they targeting surfers for 3 years?🙄😡😠🤬👿
What were they targeting previously?
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