Hermione Cronje

Hermione Cronje also known as Hermione Theresa Cronje, is a South African lawyer, prosecutor and advocate. She served as the inaugural head of the Investigating Directorate of the National Prosecuting Authority from 2019 to 2022. Quotes “I have to say to you that still, day in and day out, I am gobsmacked at the scope and extent of the devastation. I spend a lot of time thinking – how did this happen, how did we get to a point that across institutions, capture took place?” UCT News “We need to get our own house in order first. The public needs to have confidence that those who need to address this problem are able and capable and have the integrity to do so. The next big focus area will be our SOEs – Eskom, Transnet, PRASA and a few others. A third area would be high level public and private sector corruption. The idea is to focus on those who systematically and actively sought to corrupt government procurement systems and processes for private gain.” SABC News “I have a vision and I would to have that vision implemented. If I find that government has no interest in implementing that, I’m not going to be here for 10 years battling the door down. But I’ll certainly give it my best effort.” The Citizen “It was very exhausting and frustrating because on the one hand you are trying to build case and on the other hand you have nothing. You have no staff, no infrastructure, no budget, just generally no support.” The Citizen “That doesn't mean that there aren't very good people in the NPA with very good experience. But as a whole, we are failing at ensuring that prosecutors have the skills that they need to come up against skilled legal professionals on the other side.” EWN External links Category:living people Category:Lawyers from South Africa Category:South African advocates Category:Women lawyers