{"id":93659,"date":"2025-11-30T16:27:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees"},"modified":"2025-11-30T16:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:46:05","slug":"panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees","title":{"rendered":"Panel Seeks Public Input on NPA Boss Nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The panel responsible for selecting South Africa\u2019s next National Director of Public Prosecutions is urging the public to submit their comments on the nominees.<\/p>\n<p>The selection process is set to start on December 10th, ahead of the current NPA head, Advocate Shamila Batohi, completing her term in January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The advisory panel, chaired by justice and constitutional development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi, has shortlisted six candidates from a pool of 32 who met the minimum requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Kubayi\u2019s Spokesperson Terrence Manase, &#8220;The panel noted that this represents an important step towards ensuring a transparent, credible and inclusive process. The panel further indicated that members of the public and institutions are invited to submit comments on these candidates by 5 December.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The candidates list which includes the NPA\u2019s Investigating Director Advocate Andrea Johnson , as well as Advocate Menzi Simelane from the johannesburg society of advocates \u2013 can be found on the justice department\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. The panel responsible for selecting South Africa\u2019s next National Director of Public Prosecutions is urging the public to submit their comments on the nominees. The selection process is set to start on December 10th, ahead of the current NPA head, Advocate Shamila Batohi, completing her term in January 2026. The advisory panel, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":93658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-93659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Panel Seeks Public Input on NPA Boss Nominees - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The panel responsible for selecting South Africa\u2019s next National Director of Public Prosecutions is urging the public to ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Panel Seeks Public Input on NPA Boss Nominees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The panel responsible for selecting South Africa\u2019s next National Director of Public Prosecutions is urging the public to ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-30T16:27:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-30T16:46:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1764508495.129502.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Panel Seeks Public Input on NPA Boss Nominees\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-30T16:27:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-30T16:46:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees\"},\"wordCount\":171,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1764508495.129502.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees\",\"name\":\"Panel Seeks Public Input on NPA Boss Nominees - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1764508495.129502.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-30T16:27:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-30T16:46:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The panel responsible for selecting South Africa\u2019s next National Director of Public Prosecutions is urging the public to ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1764508495.129502.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1764508495.129502.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Panel Seeks Public Input on NPA Boss Nominees\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Panel Seeks Public Input on NPA Boss Nominees\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Panel Seeks Public Input on NPA Boss Nominees - South Africa","description":"The panel responsible for selecting South Africa\u2019s next National Director of Public Prosecutions is urging the public to ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Panel Seeks Public Input on NPA Boss Nominees","og_description":"The panel responsible for selecting South Africa\u2019s next National Director of Public Prosecutions is urging the public to ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-11-30T16:27:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-30T16:46:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1764508495.129502.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Panel Seeks Public Input on NPA Boss Nominees","datePublished":"2025-11-30T16:27:04+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-30T16:46:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees"},"wordCount":171,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1764508495.129502.jpg","keywords":["South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees","name":"Panel Seeks Public Input on NPA Boss Nominees - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1764508495.129502.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-30T16:27:04+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-30T16:46:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The panel responsible for selecting South Africa\u2019s next National Director of Public Prosecutions is urging the public to ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1764508495.129502.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1764508495.129502.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Panel Seeks Public Input on NPA Boss Nominees"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/panel-seeks-public-input-on-npa-boss-nominees#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Panel Seeks Public Input on NPA Boss Nominees"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}