Overview
- Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi confirmed receipt on December 10 of a DA letter, dated December 7, threatening an urgent court interdict against the process.
- The panel instructed its legal team to respond and continued with a two-day schedule in Pretoria to interview six candidates.
- Kubayi described the DA’s move as a self‑inflicted urgency and said the letter is misguided and without merit.
- The interviews are to produce a shortlist only, with the final NDPP appointment reserved for the president.
- Candidates interviewed include Nicolette Astraid Bell, Hermione Cronje, Andrea Johnson, Xolisile Khanyile, Adrian Mopp and Menzi Simelane, and Kubayi said the DA did not submit input during the public comment phase.