By Akani Nkuna
New National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Advocate Andy Mothibi said on Thursday he had ordered an ethics probe into alleged prosecutorial interference in commercial crime cases and immediate lifestyle audits of senior NPA officials.
“We have received concerning reports of allegations against some of the prosecutors regarding possible interference with investigations and prosecutions of certain cases in the commercial crimes environment in the Gauteng Local Division in Johannesburg. We are taking these allegations very seriously,” Mothibi said at a media briefing in Hatfield, Pretoria.
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This was his first formal media briefing as head of the NPA, having taken over from Advocate Shamila Batohi on 1 February.
“The NPA’s Office for Ethics and Accountability (OEA) will thoroughly investigate these allegations,” Mothibi said.
“However, we commit to transparency on these complaints, and
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