Justice Minister calls for NPA prosecutors to undergo lifestyle audits

Despite President Cyril Ramaphosa giving an instruction for lifestyle audits to be conducted within the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) six years ago, not one has been done. 
 
This is according to justice and constitutional development minister, Mamoloko Kubayi. 
 
Speaking on 702 on Monday, Kubayi said she is expecting newly appointed NPA head, advocate Andy Mothibi, to turn things around and prioritise lifestyle audits. 
  
There has been pushback from the NPA in conducting lifestyle audits on prosecutors, despite a directive being given by Ramaphosa some six years ago. 

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The Justice and Constitutional Development Minister, Mamoloko Kubayi, said the incidents she’s come across during her time in office, suggest there is an urgent need for lifestyle audits of prosecutors within the NPA. 
 
“The only way for me as a minister to have assurance that our prosecutors are not involved in wrongdoing is for them to subject themselves to lifestyle audits. Then as a minister, I can stand proudly and say, ‘I have a clean NPA’. Currently I have doubts.”
 
Kubayi said she has raised her concerns of lifestyle audits with Mothibi, and is expecting that everyone within the structure be subjected to scrutiny.