Advocate Peter Serunye

Advocate Peter Serunye is a Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions who became involved in the Mokwele and Lushaba cases on 8 August 2025. According to testimony, he accompanied prosecutors to court to engage with the office on challenges that arose. Witness statements describe him as having sent emails and memoranda that aligned with concerns about how the Mokwele matter was being conducted, and he was approached directly by colleagues Advocate Joyce Hlatshwayo and others who shared those concerns. The record notes that Serunye later requested to be removed from the Mokwele and Lushaba cases, though the circumstances surrounding that request are not detailed in the testimony.