Pretoria – President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed two Deputy National Directors of Public Prosecutions.
President Ramaphosa has appointed Advocate Chuma Mtengwane as Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions: Asset Forfeiture Unit.
The President has also appointed Advocate Nicolette Astraid Bell as Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions: National Prosecutions Services.
The Presidency stated that the appointments, in terms of section 11(1) of the National Prosecuting Authority Act, 1998 (Act No. 32 of 1998), were made after consultation with Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Tryphosa Kubayi, and National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andy Mothibi.
“President Ramaphosa wishes Advocate Mtengwane and Advocate Bell well as they assume their roles in the National Prosecuting Authority’s constitutionally empowered mandate to institute criminal proceedings on behalf of the State,” said Vincent Magwenya, Spokesperson to the President.
Advocate Mtengwane is a highly skilled prosecutor with 25 years of prosecutorial experience in the Public Sector, and she currently holds the position of Acting Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions: Asset Forfeiture Unit.
Her expertise ranges from asset forfeiture, criminal investigation, police communications, and trial litigation and settlement negotiation.
Advocate Bell is a career prosecutor who joined the prosecution service on 1 May 1995 at Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court.
The Presidency said the appointments of the two deputies were part of ensuring that the NPA remains effective in the fight against crime and enjoys public trust.
