Deputy Public Prosecutions Director Rodney de Kock dies
Advocate Rodney de Kock, the deputy national director of public prosecutions, died in hospital on Monday evening.
In a statement, De Kock’s family says he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in early December last year.
He died at the Morningside Mediclinic in Johannesburg, where family and friends surrounded him.
“Adv De Kock was the first black person to be appointed an Attorney General in the country when he took up the post of Attorney General of the Western Cape from 1999, after which he joined the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) as Director of Public Prosecutions for the Western Cape in November 2003. He was also asked to act as the National Director of Public Prosecutions in 2019 by President Cyril Ramaphosa,” his family wrote.
President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed him as Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions in June 2020, a position he held until his passing.
“Adv De Kock had many other interests and talents. He was a serious musician, having mastered the guitar and the saxophone. He was also a weekend motor mechanic and had a passion for spending time in the outdoors in the company of good friends.
“The De Kock family takes much comfort from the fact that their beloved father, brother, and elder, passed peacefully after a short but courageous battle. They are grateful for the time they have shared with him,” the family added.
De Kock leaves behind his two children, Ryan and Samantha, and four siblings.
The family has asked for privacy and time to come to terms with their loss and to make the necessary arrangements to lay De Kock to rest.
Details of the memorial and funeral service will be communicated in due course.
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