Law firm B Xulu and Partners Incorporated has filed an application at the High Court in Pretoria to stop President Cyril Ramaphosa from appointing the National Director of the Public Prosecutions (NDPP). Law firm B Xulu and Partners Incorporated has filed an urgent application at the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, to interdict President Cyril Ramaphosa from appointing the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP). The legal challenge seeks to stop the appointment process scheduled for January 2026, when the current NDPP, Shamila Batohi, retires.
The law firm alleged that the advisory panel did not adequately consider the formal objection regarding Advocate Hermione Cronje’s candidacy. This is after the firm’s director, Barnabas Xulu, submitted a 99-page objection accusing Cronje of “unlawful information peddling” and sharing confidential state information with external parties during her tenure as the leader of the NPA’s Investigating Directorate (ID) in 2020. The firm claims the entire selection process was unlawful and biased, demanding that the advisory panel’s work be scrapped and its report withdrawn. With the hearing set for early in January, the respondents have been given until December 31, 2025, at 5pm to respond.
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