PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA MAKES SENIOR NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY APPOINTMENTS TO BOLSTER THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME


 Thursday 14 May 2026

PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA MAKES SENIOR NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY APPOINTMENTS TO BOLSTER THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed two Deputy National Directors of Public Prosecutions as part of ensuring that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) remains effective in the fight against crime and enjoys public trust.
President Ramaphosa has appointed Adv Chuma Mtengwane as Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions: Asset Forfeiture Unit.
The President has also appointed Adv. Nicolette Astraid Bell as Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions: National Prosecutions Services.
The President has made these appointments in terms of section 11(1) of the National Prosecuting Authority Act, 1998 (Act No. 32 of 1998), and after consultation with Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Ms Mmamoloko Tryphosa Kubayi and National Director of Public Prosecutions Adv Andy Mothibi.
President Ramaphosa wishes Adv Mtengwane and Adv 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.
Adv. Chuma Mtengwane is a highly skilled prosecutor with 25 years of prosecutorial experience in the Public Sector and she currently holds the position as Acting Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions: Asset Forfeiture Unit.
Her expertise ranges over asset forfeiture, criminal investigation, police communications, and trial litigation and settlement negotiation.
Adv Bell is a career prosecutor who joined the prosecution service on 1 May 1995 at Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court.
She was a Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions for more than 18 years. She has more than 29 years of legal experience, including 18 years at Senior Management level within the NPA.
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