PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed advocates Ouma Rasethaba and Rodney de Kock as deputy national directors of the public prosecutions with effect from Monday.
According to Presidency spokesperson Khusela Diko, Ramaphosa has also approved the appointment of advocate Mthunzi Mhaga as a special director of public prosecutions in the Office of the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP).
“The president has made the new appointments in terms of Section 9(1) and 11(1) of the National Prosecuting Authority Act 1998, (Act 32 of 1998), and after consultation with the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola and National Director of Public Prosecutions advocate Shamila Batohi,” said.
“These appointments are essential for the efficient functioning and rebuilding of the NPA [National Prosecuting Authority] as part of the fight against crime and corruption and as a contribution to deepening the capability of the state.”
Rasethaba will serve as Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions, a role to which she brings at least 30 years of legal experience since her admission as an attorney in 1990 and an advocate six years later.
She holds a Bachelor Proc (University of the North), LLB (University of Witwatersrand), Dip. Company Law (University of Witwatersrand) and LLM (University of Pretoria).
Rasethaba is a Governance and Risk Expert, having worked in the corporate sector for 10 years.
She is also certified as a trainer, coach, teacher and public speaker and has trained as a negotiator, mediator and arbitrator.
De Kock was appointed as the Director of Public Prosecutions for the Western Cape by the President of the Republic of South Africa on 1 November 2003 and he currently occupies this position.
De Kock has been a Director of Public Prosecutions for 15 years and is currently the second most senior Director of Public Prosecutions.
De Kock has 32 years’ relevant legal experience – 15 years of those at an executive leadership level within the NPA.
(Compiled Inside Politics staff)
