Mapaballo Borotho

Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA is calling for the urgent removal of the National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Shamila Batohi. The party says that under Batohi’s leadership, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has experienced a growing list of failures.
ActionSA has accused the NPA of becoming a “refuge for the politically connected”, alleging regular instances of avoided accountability, delayed justice, and collapsed prosecutions.
This comes after the Bloemfontein High Court withdrew charges against former Free State Premier Ace Magashule’s former personal assistant, Moroadi Cholota, in the asbestos corruption case, citing that her extradition from the United States was unlawful.
“Under Shamila Batohi’s leadership, the NPA reels from one scandal to the next. South Africans are left wondering if these failures are merely a result of incompetence, or is there a deliberate agenda to protect the corrupt.
“Let us be clear that this is not just about one failed case. The pattern is undeniable. From the Phala Phala saga to the collapse of high-profile cases like Timothy Omotoso, Shepherd Bushiri and the Estina Dairy Project, the list of prosecutorial disasters grows longer by the day. Most damning is the NPA’s failure to secure the extradition of the Gupta brothers, nearly a decade after the Gupta Leaks shook the nation,” the party said in a statement.
ActionSA will on Thursday, 19 June 2025, lead a protest outside the Office of the Minister of Justice in Pretoria to demand for Batohi’s removal.
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