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Batohi must be held accountable
Mail & Guardian
|M&G 19 December 2025
National director of public prosecutions (NDPP) Shamila Batohi's decision to walk out of the inquiry probing South Gauteng prosecutions boss Andrew Chauke's fitness to hold office raises questions about her own suitability for the top job.
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Although she leaves office in January 2026, with a shortlist for her replacement on President Cyril Ramaphosa's desk, Batohi must account for her actions at the inquiry on Monday, with her ill-advised departure disrupting proceedings and incurring the wrath of panel chairperson, retired judge Bess Nkabinde.
Before Batohi unceremoniously left the building, she faced a lashing from Nkabinde for speaking to KwaZulu-Natal head of public prosecutions, Elaine Harrison, a potential witness, despite being warned not to as she was under oath. You would expect the country's number one prosecutor, a woman of her experience, to understand this.
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