{"id":10094,"date":"2026-01-07T07:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=10094"},"modified":"2026-01-07T07:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:47:01","slug":"ramaphosa-names-new-south-africa-chief-prosecutor-to-fight-graft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=10094","title":{"rendered":"Ramaphosa names new South Africa chief prosecutor to fight graft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed Lekgoa Mothibi as the nation\u2019s new chief prosecutor, elevating him to a pivotal role in the fight against entrenched graft and organised crime.<\/p>\n<p>Mothibi takes charge of a National Prosecuting Authority that has been criticised for failing to secure convictions in major corruption cases, despite a years-long commission of inquiry exposing graft at the highest levels of government. The NPA\u2019s struggles have undermined public confidence in the justice system and intensified pressure on Ramaphosa to demonstrate he is serious about tackling corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Mothibi, who currently heads the Special Investigating Unit, will start on February 1, replacing Shamila Batohi whose term ends at the end of the month, the presidency said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leonard Lekgetho, the current chief operating officer of the SIU, will become the unit\u2019s acting head, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Moneyweb\u2019s in-depth finance and business news on WhatsApp here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#Ramaphosa #names #South #Africa #chief #prosecutor #fight #graft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African President Cyril &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[279,1088,1762,7607,210,7606,2106,278],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10094"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}