PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday that the recently established Investigating Directorate (ID) will now be a permanent anti-corruption agency within the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to prosecute state capture and other significant corruption cases.
Ramaphosa was addressing the nation on Sunday to outline the steps the government is taking to implement the State Capture Commission’s recommendations.
“We established the NPA Investigating Directorate to prosecute state capture and other significant corruption cases. And now, to further strengthen existing anti-corruption capabilities, the Investigating Directorate will be established as a permanent entity within the NPA,” said Ramaphosa.
“As a result of this work, the Investigating Directorate that we established within the National Prosecuting Authority has to date enrolled 26 cases, declared 89 investigations and 165 accused persons have appeared in court for alleged state capture-related offences.”
Earlier in October, the president received the amended version of the final report on the judicial
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