NDPP appointment process a step in the right direction - former NDPP Vusi Pikoli
23 October 2018
While the process of appointing a new National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) is already up and running, it may come with some surprises and unprecedented approaches.
For the first time on Monday, the advisory panel which President Cyril Ramaphosa set up to help him with the appointment of a new NDPP met to confirm its mandate and set out time frames for it to complete its work.
One of the decisions it took was to have the post advertised in the media and for the process to be conducted similar to the process used when making a judicial appointment.
Commenting on the decision, former NDPP Vusi Pikoli told News24 that it was certainly unprecedented and was a "step in the right direction because it is a transparent process".