As our politics becomes more fractured, two key institutions, the NPA and SARS, are likely to come under a lot more pressure. Procedures have begun to appoint successors to the people currently running them. The challenges facing these institutions and their new leaders will be immense.
On Tuesday night, the Presidency confirmed that it had begun to call for nominations for the next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP). As Victoria O'Regan explains, there will be a public process before President Cyril Ramaphosa makes a final appointment.
Meanwhile, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has decided who he would like to run the SA Revenue Service (SARS) when its current commissioner, Edward Kieswetter, leaves. (The Treasury says no decision has yet been taken, and the appointment will be made by the President.)
That too might see a public process, in the same way that Kieswetter was appointed, before Ramaphosa selects the new commissioner.
Decisions made by the people in these two positions can make or break the country.
Both have the power to institute proceedings that can lead to imprisonment, and play a crucial role -- sometimes the crucial role -- in fighting criminality, while...
