The National Prosecuting Authority’s Anti-Corruption Task Team has failed the nation. That’s according to NPA head, Shamila Batohi.
Since 2013, the NPA’s received over 880 referrals which translated into around 290 cases. Of those, a measly nine have been finalised.
Batohi didn’t mince words when she appeared before Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts. She was updating Scopa on matters referred to the NPA by the Special Investigating Unit.
Batohi says a new strategy is being put in place to fight corruption, as the Anti-Corruption Task Team is clearly not effective. The NPA is investigating cases involving the SABC, Life Esidimeni, Bosasa and Eskom, among others.
In other news – Bheki Cele hails Operation Lockdown as murder rate in Western Cape declines
The operation has resulted in 5,969 arrests, 100 firearms and 196 rounds of ammunition seized, and 565 knives recovered. Police Minister Bheki Cele has welcomed the decline in the murder rate since the start of Operation Lockdown.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the police ministry said the operation had led to the arrest of almost 6,000 people and recovery of 100 firearms in the Western Cape. Read more
Source: eNCA
