Senior KZN advocate set to replace Pikoli
Advocate Muzi Wilfred Mkhize has been tipped to take over the hot seat as next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) - replacing advocate Vusi Pikoli - says a Cape Times report.
Mkhize is a Senior Counsel at the Durban Bar and has acted as a judge in both KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. He also boasts strong ANC connections and was once arrested by the apartheid government for being an ANC underground operative. Mkhize has shared chambers with Advocate Kessie Naidu, SC - who once represented Jacob Zuma's co-accused, French arms company Thint - and Advocate Jerome Brauns, who was on Zuma's legal team. A practising Durban lawyer described Mkhize: 'He has been around for quite some time and he is, arguably, one of the best lawyers we have produced in the province. He might be over-qualified for this position as he is a Senior Counsel. But this job needs someone who is a fit and proper person.' Full Cape Times report (subscription needed)