Advocate Shamila Batohi will on Friday officially take up her position as the new National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP).
The senior prosecutor who was assigned to deal with fraud and perjury charges against Advocate Nomgcobo Jiba is expected to testify at the Mokgoro Enquiry in Centurion on Wednesday morning.
Fees Must Fall activist and former Wits University SRC President Mcebo Dlamini has accused former head of the NPA, Shaun Abrahams of being part of a political conspiracy behind his arrest.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken the first step in the process of appointing a new Director of Public Prosecutions, in time for the 90 days deadline set by the constitutional court in August.
The NPA is at a crossroad: not one that will necessarily occasion its collapse, but one that will most certainly force it to acknowledge and respond to the competing interests and tendencies bent on capturing resources.
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