Ramaphosa authorises release of Nkabinde Enquiry’s final report

President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the public release of the Nkabinde Enquiry’s final report, which exonerated the South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke.

The enquiry probed Advocate Chauke’s fitness to hold office.

He was suspended in July last year over prosecutorial decisions in the Cato Manor Death Squad matter and the Richard Mdluli murder case.

The cases had allegedly brought the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) into disrepute.

The enquiry’s chairperson, Retired Constitutional Court Justice Bess Nkabinde, and her panel found no credible evidence that Chauke had acted unlawfully in performing his duties.

Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says, “The mandate of the enquiry was to investigate and determine whether Advocate Chauke was fit and proper to continue to hold office, in the context of certain serious allegations regarding his fitness and propriety to hold such office.” President @CyrilRamaphosa has authorised the release to the public of the report of the Nkabinde Panel of Enquiry that probed the fitness to hold office of Gauteng South Director of Public Prosecutions Adv Andrew Chauke. https://t.co/87yqmqefBt — The Presidency (@PresidencyZA) August 27, 2026 VIDEO | Panel clears Chauke after Batohi allegations: