NPA's Investigative Directorate recruits two top legal heavy-hitters

John Perlman speaks with Advocate Paul Pretorius

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The Investigating Directorate (ID) of the NPA will be bolstering its ranks.

Paul Pretorius and Matthew Chaskalson are senior counsels with extensive and distinguished legal careers.

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The ID only recently obtained permanent status, five years after its formation.

The organisation has struggled with capacity constraints, even bungling some key cases.

Pretorius notes that as a consultant, he will be playing a hands-on role assisting in strategy, information, data and analysis.

He says that both he and Chaskalson have a great deal of knowledge that can help improve the unit's focus.

“We have the advantage of an overall knowledge.”

- Advocate Paul Pretorius

However, he asserts that the two of them alone will not resolve the capacity issues.

“We would never ourselves be able to complement the capacity to the situation where it would be. It is just not possible.”

- Advocate Paul Pretorius

“There is a bigger picture of which I hope to be a small part.”

- Advocate Paul Pretorius

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