EDITORIAL | Is that all you’ve got, Batohi?
NPA boss had the opportunity to take SA into her confidence on Monday, but she danced around the questions instead
06 December 2021 - 19:19
On February 1 2019 adv Shamila Batohi took office as the national director of public prosecutions (NDPP) with the following words: “I am under no illusion about the challenges and the complexity of the task which lies before us. Our Rainbow Nation is reeling from corruption, violent crime and impunity. Corruption is driven by greed and selfishness. In certain contexts, when public institutions are corrupted, it amounts to theft from ordinary South Africans, just trying to make ends meet. ..
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