Shamila Batohi is a South African prosecutor and the national director of public prosecutions (NDPP) at the

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Education

Batohi completed high school at Burnwood Secondary School in Clare Estate. She completed her bachelor's degree at the University of Durban-Westville and post-graduate at the University of Natal.

Career

Batohi led the prosecution of Proteas cricket captain Hansie Cronje at the King Commission of Inquiry in 2000, and served as director of public prosecutions for KwaZulu-Natal from 2000 to 2009. She served as senior legal advisor to the prosecutor at the

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from 2009 to 2018. On 4 December 2018, she was appointed national director of public prosecutions by President Cyril Ramaphosa, and assumed the office on 1 February 2019.

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Living people South African women lawyers People from Durban University of Durban-Westville alumni University of Natal alumni International Criminal Court prosecutors Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century South African lawyers 21st-century South African lawyers South African prosecutors 20th-century women lawyers 21st-century women lawyers {{SouthAfrica-law-bio-stub