This is to notify all potential applicants to the Aspirant Prosecutor Programme that the 2024 intake will be issued in the second half of this financial year.

This is due to the extensive review and update that is being done to the curriculum of the programme, so that it responds to the growing demands of the changing landscape and the challenges facing the criminal justice system. 

The change in timeframes will allow the review process to be finalised and for new recruits to be invited into an enhanced Aspirant Prosecutor Programme for the 2024 intake.

The NPA is cognisant of the devastating impact that state capture and other forms of corruption has on our country - on our economy, our democratic institutions, and our people. It will therefore spare no effort or cost to ensure that it has the best capabilities to prosecute state capture and other complex corruption cases, and to ensure that justice prevails.

The NPA’s Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) and the Investigating Directorate (ID) have been granted a provisional restraint order of R165 million against Thoshan Panday and his ex-wife, a former Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Mmamonnye Ngobeni and 7 others. Execution of the court order by the curator appointed by the High Court took place this morning (17 April) in and around Durban. The NPA, with this court order, is hard at work attempting to take the profits out of crime.