Private Prosecution Unit stands against corruption in solidarity with Tshwane Community Safety Department

Private Prosecution Unit stands against corruption in solidarity with Tshwane Community Safety Department

In a show of mutual support and a stand against bribery and corruption, head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, Adv. Gerrie Nel, and Tshwane Community Safety MMC, Grandi Theunissen, today attended the court appearance of three Tshwane Metro Police officers accused of extortion and robbery. Johnson Lebombo, Aubrey Phalane and Makgoba Raboshacia made a brief…

Corruption-accused Tshwane Metro Police officers accosts Private Prosecution Unit member

Corruption-accused Tshwane Metro Police officers accosts Private Prosecution Unit member

In a bizarre development, Tshwane Metro Police Officers accused in corruption-related charges accosted a member of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit because they objected to being filmed. The incident happened at the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Thursday 15 June after Johnson Lebombo, Aubrey Phalane and Makgoba Raboshacia made a brief appearance. The trio face charges of…

AfriForum launches legal action over alleged fraud and corruption at the University of Johannesburg

AfriForum launches legal action over alleged fraud and corruption at the University of Johannesburg

AfriForum served an application in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) on the University of Johannesburg (UJ) following alleged fraud and corruption at the highest levels of the university management between 2014 and 2017. AfriForum’s application aims to obtain information about the hijacking of the intellectual property of the former UJ…

Officer at license office arrested for R1 million fraud and corruption after AfriForum intervention

Officer at license office arrested for R1 million fraud and corruption after AfriForum intervention

The civil rights organisation AfriForum’s complaint to the City of Tshwane about alleged fraud and corruption of an officer at a license office in Pretoria, paid off after the accused officer was arrested by the SAPS. The City of Tshwane has also confirmed that an internal investigation has been launched against the accused officer and…

NPA’s delays in the On Point Engineering corruption case are an obstruction to justice

NPA’s delays in the On Point Engineering corruption case are an obstruction to justice

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has yet again demonstrated its unwillingness to take corruption cases seriously, and its propensity to kick the can in the hope that AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit’s interest in a matter will wane. Eight years after the On Point Engineering case was withdrawn, neither EFF leader Julius Malema nor any of…

“Corruption” at Indlela Training Academy exposed; instructor still not suspended or arrested

“Corruption” at Indlela Training Academy exposed; instructor still not suspended or arrested

AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit is currently assisting two complainants with complaints of corruption against an instructor from the Indlela Training Academy. This follows after the instructor in question allegedly demanded bribes of R7 000 and R4 000 respectively from the complainants in order for them to pass their exams for diesel mechanics. Both refused to…

Stop Lesufi’s corruption

Stop Lesufi’s corruption

AfriForum laid a charge of corruption at the SAPS. This follows the Gauteng government awarding an unlawful contract to the IT company In2IT, with which Panyaza Lesufi, Gauteng MEC for Education, has close links. AfriForum expresses its concern over Lesufi’s close ties with Tshepo Mokoena, one of In2IT’s directors. Mokoena would have benefitted directly from…

AfriForum lays charges after provincial health departments waste more than R10 billion
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AfriForum lays charges after provincial health departments waste more than R10 billion

AfriForum launched its national campaign against misappropriation of taxpayers’ money in the health sector at a media conference in Centurion today. As part of this campaign, AfriForum will visit all nine provinces in the next week, during which criminal charges will be laid against nine heads of the Provincial Departments of Health in terms of…

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