Outgoing national director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi used her final day in office on Friday to reflect on her seven-year tenure, saying she leaves behind a stronger and more resilient National Prosecuting Authority NPA.
Presenting the NPAs 2024/2025 annual report, Batohi described institutional rebuilding as her central achievement, saying that the entity she inherited in 2019 had been weakened by the era of state capture.
I leave behind an NPA that is more independent, more credible, more resilient and more future ready than the one I inherited when I took office seven years ago, she said, urging her successor Andy Mothibi to fight for more institutional independence and for competitive salaries to attract high profile advocates.
