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LETTER: MINISTER SHRUGS OFF DA'S NDPP INTERVIEWS THREAT

- Molefe Seeletsa

Cardinal Pietro Parolin meets displaced people at a centre in Naminawe on Tuesday. Northern Mozambique has been battered by a bloody jihadist insurgency since late 2017. Picture: AFP

(AFP)

Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has shrugged off the DA's threat to halt the interviews to find National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shamila Batohi's successor.

Batohi is expected to retire at the end of January next year.

The interviews, scheduled over two days, are being held at the auditor-general's offices in Pretoria.

Six contenders are in the running: Investigating Directorate Against Corruption head Andrea Johnson; former NDPP Menzi Simelane; former Investigating Directorate head Hermione Cronje; advocate Nicolette Bell; advocate Xolisile Khanyile; and advocate Adrian Mopp.

Simelane's candidacy has triggered criticism due to the controversies that marked his previous tenure.

Appointed NDPP in December 2009 by former president Jacob Zuma, he was later removed after the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) invalidated the appointment in October 2012 following a DA challenge.