Menzi Simelane to head up NPA

May the good Lord help this poor bugger. I suspect there will be immense pressures down the line along with the massive effort it is going to take for him to keep his masters in check and out of jail.

This is good news !

still a "young" adv...hope he's got the experience and balls to make the right decisions

Excellent appointment by the President. Menzi Simelane is a hardworking competent civil servant, that will implement ANC policies. We are happy that the incompetent and arrogant Vusi Pikoli got the boot. In fact Pikoli is not fit to hold any govt. position. He misguidedly claimed that he is the only person that can safe our constitution. The first order of business for Simelane is take a thorough review of all the senior prosecutors at the NPA, particularly people like Gerrie Nel who is wasting the taxpayers money on his vendetta against Jackie Selebi.

What a joke!

"Justice Minister Jeff Radebe declined to take disciplinary proceedings against him. Instead, last month he was appointed as deputy national director of prosecutions"...

Oi! Another great example of applying the standard of promoting mediocrity....

@ The Moxster. Why is this good news? Simelane is the guy who engineered the destruction of Vusi Pikoli's career to protect Jackie Selebi. The Ginwala commission found in favour of Pikoli, and slated Simelane. I cannot conceive of anyone less suited for this job.

Well I'm not sure about this one. I saw Menzi being interviewed during the Ginwala enquiry; he really looked dull to me. I'm also not sure why is Zuma appointing all the Zulus in the Justice cluster. Chief Justice, Minister of Justice, Minister of Police, Police Commissioner and now Menzi (half Zulu, half Swazi). This opens him up for attack from those people who are already saying just like when Xhosa's were in charge Zulus are now flavor of the day. Be that as it may, I don't think Menzi was the best we could have done.

Here we go... further down the slippery Hlophe... soon the Constitutional Court will only protect us from each other if our oppressors, abusers and criminals aren't part of or connected to the ruling clique!

The fox has been appointed to be in chrge of the chicken coop. On the basis of the Ginwala report, Adv Simelane is probably not a "fit and proper" person to hold the office of the NDPP.

Is this an April fool or what, May be one must just relocate to Zim coz the taste are the same!

Freedom, good call dude. However, I think JZ's a genius. All he is doing is surrounding himself with people he knows will die for him. As for dull, well, that's is exactly the point.... Dunce and dull, completely appropriate for the position. It seems now that JZ, and the boy's he has got firmly ensconced up his ass are now completely free to loot, rape and pillage. Roll on the world cup....

This guy was instrumental in the dropping of charges against Zuma.......that's why he's got the position.

Congrugulations to Adv Simelane for being appointed as the head of the NPA. Adv you are still young and I think you have a lot to do to serve and proetct our justice.

Rotten South Africa. ANC's transforming of South Africa into a complete failure is picking up speed. Every day the news/appointments/speaches/idiologies/crime/destruction is getting worse, and more of it.

NPA - whatever. Rather call it N(excludingANC)PA.

As the saying goes "there is no justice in this world", and South Africa is out to prove it. Any sane person, or leader with the best interests of his or her country at heart, who has read theFrene Ginwala report, and the follow up review of her report by a senior ANC member, should not be able to find it in their heart to appoint this man to this senior position. The shame belongs to those who elected him.

God help us. We have police that are a law unto themselves. They rape innocent women, they shoot innocent people, they rob innocent people etc.... and now we have a NPA that lies, and is not fit for the job. Where can innocent civilians go for protection???? Oh, and then they've taken guns off law abiding citizens. Be afraid, very very afraid!!!!!!

viva to without fear, favour or prejudice!

Another sad day for South Africa. Zuma appointing the nodding heads to protect himself and the ANC. The ZANUfication of South Africa continues. God help South Africa and protect her from the greedy, arrogant, self righteous, thieving ANC

Simelane gets to be a director-general within 10 years of starting off as an article clerk. Impressive…..!? This must surely qualify for the Guinness Book of World Records.


Of course not. This is merely a case of the ANC’s Nomenklatura system of patron/client in action. Simelane’s stratospheric career trajectory shows that he is probably quite a pliable kind of client: someone whom his patron(s) could trust to keep those files with the 700 odd corruption/money laundering charges safely locked away in his office safe. Someone who would also diligently obey his patron(s) suggestion of a tactical leak of those same files, if and when they need to “recall” the much higher placed client implicated in the charges.

good choice and as a nation we should rally behind this young administrator.

...yet again strengthening Africa pessimism. Appointing a president with 700 corruption charges; then squashing the charges; now appointing a liar as the public prosecutor; releasing the “terminally ill” buddy Shabir; appointing Shabir’s brother as the head of intelligence; silencing Picoli with R7.5m with taxpayer money; hugging and pampering Mugabe; admiring and protecting racist Julius, etc. The list is endless and the voters are too rigid or ignorant to act. This is banana republic stuff. What a disgrace.

It has started, rule by the Zulus. They are the only ones that count in JZ'S eyes. What fools the majority are to have on a food parcel and ridiculous promises elect JZ to be president. You reap what you sow and you will regret it.

Certainly this appointment did not come as a surprise. Mugabe has surrounded himself with a laarger of 'yes-men'. So Zuma thinks if it works for RM it must work for him. Simelane is being 'rewarded' for personal services rendered to JZ. Sad - so may God protect South Africa.

Julius Malema once said if you say or do something then hellen ZIlle smiles , you must ask yourself, what wrong did you do, so if appointing adv Menzi make the opposition frawn then he is the right choice, big up JZ

Good appointment!

Knows the system, legal background, government experience at highest level, right experience etc.............

A4A - I agree, if it makes the white reactionaries get their balls in a knot, it must be the right choice...............

Au Tixo!Nkosi Sikelele- you think exactly like Zuma.in fact i wouldn't be surprised to see you get a top position."will implement ANC policies".the head of the npa should be above party poitical lines and be independent and unfavourable in the execution of his duties-i know the npa act says something to this effect.ANC policies-what policies?

@ All, whats up with being suprised by this appointment in that upon his first staff address as Deputy NDPP he (Menzi Simelane) told the audience that he was there to promote ANC policies.

The unfortunate part there is nothing we can do to reverse this appointment better learn to leave with it. Pity Mokoatedi Mpshe, engineers the dropping of charges against JZ and then gets overlook for the permanent appointment or better watch the space in that he might be appointed DG for Justice and Constituational Development as a pay-back for dropping the charges.

What is wrong with President Jacob "JZ"Zuma,why is he overlooking all relevent people and appointing guys with so much questionnable morals.Is our country insuffient of good standing,qualified leaders with little or less questionables behavour than this in and out of favour individuals.Who does the president consult when making such appointments,who advices the president each time he had to make a decision in the interest of the nation,and who make recommendations on candidates to filling those high profile position.It looks like my dream of ever becoming the Nationa Director of Public prosecution are zich,or my ideal dream of becoming a leader in the government one day are nill,since i hold less and insignificant post in the ANC.oops!let me stop right here before i'm being labelled a canone.Please ANC can you atleast limit a little with this deployment thing of yours.One of this days is going to cripple this country because incompetant,party loyalists are placed above capability and responsibility.As for Adv.Simelane,trust me he is not going to be fair and just in his dealings,all policies and influence will definately come from the ANC.You watch south africa.

Not another imbecile!