Lack of skills & expertise slowing down pace of prosecuting complex corruption matters, NPA tells SCOPA

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Lack of skills & expertise slowing down pace of prosecuting complex corruption matters, NPA tells SCOPA
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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU), the NPA and the Hawks appeared before Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on Wednesday to discuss the progress in these investigations and prosecutions.

CAPE TOWN - The National Prosecuting Authority says the lack of skills and expertise is slowing down the pace of prosecuting complex corruption matters.

The Special Investigating Unit , the NPA and the Hawks appeared before Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Wednesday to discuss the progress in these investigations and prosecutions. NPA head, Shamila Batohi, said that while state capture cases were of public interest and important to prosecute, they account for less than one percent of the work the NPA has to do.

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