NPA Seeks Appeal After Omotoso Acquittal Raises Concerns over Justice System

Batohi reassures NPA's credibility following Omotoso trial acquittal

Batohi reassures NPA's credibility following Omotoso trial acquittal Sandile Zikhali Fri, 05/16/2025 - 20:05 CAPE TOWN - The National Prosecuting Authority has denied deliberately bungling the Timothy Omotoso rape trial. Advocate Shamila Batohi fended off criticism from MPs and called on South Africans not to lose faith in the justice system. READ: NPA to appeal Omotoso judgmentOmotoso and his two co-accused were acquitted on a technicality in …

MPs slam NPA boss Shamila Batohi over Timothy Omotoso acquittal

Members of parliament launched a scathing attack at National Director of Public Prosecutions' Adv Shamila Batohi over Omotoso acquittal.

Batohi says won't step down amid Omotoso acquittal debacle - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

The National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Shamila Batohi says she will not step down from her position. This after several calls by some members of Parliament’s Justice and Constitutional Development Portfolio Committee, during a meeting where the NPA appeared to address the matter of televangelist Timothy Omotoso’s acquittal.  Nigerian Omotoso and his two co-accused were acquitted last month on charges of rape of several of his chur…

The acquittal of controversial Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso on sex-related charges is a "devastating" setback for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and others' efforts to tackle the scourge of gender-based violence in South Africa, the court said.