The civil rights watchdog AfriForum today indicated during a media conference in Centurion that they will approach the court with a mandamus application to force the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to make decisions regarding the prosecution of Julius Malema, Leader of the EFF, concerning three pending cases against him. These three cases in which Malema…
Adv. Moipone Noko, Director of Public Prosecution for the North West division, yesterday announced that the state is taking steps to appeal the sentence of a fine for a convicted rapist. This follows after AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit wrote a letter to Shamila Batohi, Head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), in this regard. Magistrate…
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit placed pressure on Panyaza Lesufi, Gauteng Education MEC, as well as the SAPS after no steps were initially taken against a teacher of the Aha-Thuto Secondary School that allegedly raped a 14-year-old school girl. The teacher was (according to sources at the school) removed from the schoolgrounds and the police is…
Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, today appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in an informal inquest into the death of Col. Patrick Karegeya, the former Rwandan Head of Intelligence. During these proceedings the magistrate referred the case back to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for them to decide whether they will…
Magistrate Mashiane Mathopa today ruled in the Randburg Magistrate Court that the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) judicial inquest into the death of Col. Patrick Karegeya, the former Head of Intelligence of Rwanda, must be stopped. This follows Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, bringing an application in this regard on behalf of…
Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, today appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in a judicial inquest into the death of Col. Patrick Karegeya, the former Head of Intelligence in Rwanda. The magistrate will give judgement on Monday 21 January 2019 regarding AfriForum’s application that the judicial inquiry be stopped. Karegeya, who…
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit was, on inquiry, informed that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has applied to have Grace Mugabe extradited to South Africa. Grace Mugabe assaulted and seriously injured Gabriella Engels, a Johannesburg model, with an extension cord in 2017. The NPA’s decision follows the South Gauteng High Court’s ruling last year that the…
he civil rights organisation AfriForum today announced that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Grace Mugabe. Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum, welcomes the news. “This is the result of a very long process. AfriForum first had to approach the court to have Mugabe’s diplomatic immunity set aside which paved the way for…
The South Gauteng High Court today ruled that the decision by Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, former Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, to grant Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity should be set aside. AfriForum, Gabriella Engels and various other parties brought the rescission application in this regard. Judge Bashier Vally, who in May heard arguments in the application…
The civil rights watchdog AfriForum’s application against an earlier decision by the Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) to grant diplomatic immunity to Grace Mugabe, the former first lady of Zimbabwe, will be heard in the High Court in Pretoria on 10 and 11 May 2018. This court application is the first important step in…
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