Update on the National Director of Public Prosecutions

11 May 2015

The President has today ceased the inquiry into the fitness of the National Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Mxolisi Nxasana to hold such office.

The President had during July 2014 informed Mr Nxasana of his decision to institute an enquiry in terms of Section 12(6)(a)(iv) of the National Prosecutions Authority Act 32 of 1998 in order to determine his fitness to continue to hold such office.

The President is currently engaging with Mr Nxasana with a view to taking decisions which are in the best interest of the National Prosecuting Authority, Mr Nxasana and the country at large.

The Presidency will communicate the outcome of such deliberations once they have been finalised, mindful of the need for certainty and confidence in the NPA.

Statement issued by Harold Maloka, The Presidency, Pretoria, May 11 2015