Cyril names directors
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed advocates Ouma Rasethaba and Rodney de Kock as deputy national directors of public prosecutions at the National Prosecutin Authority (NPA) with effect from yesterday.
According to 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.
“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,” Diko said.
“These appointments are essential for the efficient functioning and rebuilding of the NPA 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’ legal experience since her admission as an attorney in 1990 and an advocate six years later.
She holds a BProc (University of Limpopo), LLB and diploma in 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 has been appointed as deputy national director of public prosecutions: national prosecution services.
He has been the director of public prosecutions for the Western Cape since November 2003.
“De Kock... is currently the second-most senior director of public prosecutions [with] 32 years’ relevant legal experience – 15 years of those at an executive leadership level within the NPA.”
De Kock was awarded a bachelor of arts and law degrees in 1983 and 1984, respectively, from the University of Cape Town.
He was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 1986; became an attorney of the High Court of Namibia in April 1990, and an advocate in 1999.
Mhaga, a former government spokesperson, has been appointed as special director: strategic and legal adviser within the office of the national director.
He will provide legal advice to the national director regarding specific legal and administrative issues; provide strategic inputs in matters brought before the national director; and will manage the relationship between the office of the national director and NPA stakeholders.
– News24 Wire