In Conversation With George Matthews from ActionSA communication officer
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ActionSA will, on Thursday, 19 June 2025, lead a protest outside the Office of the Minister of Justice in Pretoria to demand the removal of the National Director of Public Prosecutions, Adv Shamila Batohi, as the growing list of failures by the NPA has rendered her leadership of this critical institution untenable.
The NPA continues to be beset by deep dysfunction, whether through incompetence or wilful neglect, that reflects not isolated blunders, but a disturbing and entrenched pattern. It has become a refuge for the politically connected, a place where accountability is avoided, justice is delayed, and prosecutions collapse with alarming regularity.
ActionSA believes that under Shamila Batohi’s leadership, the NPA reels from one scandal to the next. Her removal is therefore urgent, and we will be applying every lever of pressure to demand that the Minister of Justice initiates urgent intervention and begins the process of removing Adv Shamila Batohi in terms of Section 12 of the NPA Act.
The NPA continues to be beset by deep dysfunction, whether through incompetence or wilful neglect, that reflects not isolated blunders, but a disturbing and entrenched pattern. It has become a refuge for the politically connected, a place where accountability is avoided, justice is delayed, and prosecutions collapse with alarming regularity.
ActionSA believes that under Shamila Batohi’s leadership, the NPA reels from one scandal to the next. Her removal is therefore urgent, and we will be applying every lever of pressure to demand that the Minister of Justice initiates urgent intervention and begins the process of removing Adv Shamila Batohi in terms of Section 12 of the NPA Act.