South Africa – President Cyril Ramaphosa has accepted the request by Investigative Director Against Corruption (IDAC) Advocate Andrea Johnson to vacate the office with immediate effect.
This comes after Johnson directed her request for an immediate release from the office to the National Director of Public Prosecutions and President Ramaphosa.
According to Johnson, the past five months have been challenging and the attacks on both her personal, and official capacity have been unprecedented.
She added that the attacks against her arise out of the cases IDAC has conducted against officials of Crime Intelligence. These, she says, have brought an extreme amount of negative attention to her, IDAC and the NPA.
The President’s agreement follows a recommendation by Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi, and supported by National Director of Public Prosecutions Adv Andy Mothibi, that Adv Johnson’s request be granted.
President Ramaphosa thanked Adv Johnson for her years of service in the NPA and as the head of IDAC. The President assures the leadership and staff of the NPA of government’s unwavering support for its work in the fight against crime and corruption.
In 2004 she was appointed a deputy director of public prosecutions at the Directorate of Special Operations, the Scorpions, where she served until the unit was disbanded in 2009.
In 2022 she succeeded advocate Hermione Cronje as head of the Investigating Directorate, which was later given permanence and renamed IDAC.
She was also a contender for the position of national director of public prosecutions.
Her exit follows a bruising stretch at the Madlanga Commission, she continues to give evidence at the Inquiry today.
