by AfriForum | Nov 27, 2019 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
Following continuous pressure by AfriForum, Julius Malema, leader of the EFF, appeared in the East London district court today for the discharge of a firearm. The trial date has been set for 24 February 2020. The National Prosecuting Authority is prosecuting Malema...
by AfriForum | Nov 26, 2019 | Media statements, Investigation and trauma unit Media statements
AfriForum’s Trauma Support Unit supported Meisie Reyneke on 26 November 2019 in the Fochville court. Reyneke and her husband Lammie were attacked at Kolgans Dam outside Fochville in 2018 while they were camping. Lammie died during the attack. The couple was camping at...
by AfriForum | Nov 26, 2019 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
Tom Moyane, former commissioner of South African Revenue Service (SARS), appeared for the first time in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court today in the private prosecution case against him. Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, is prosecuting...
by AfriForum | Nov 22, 2019 | Media statements, National health insurance Media statements
AfriForum laid criminal charges today against Dr Savera Mohangi, Head of the Mpumalanga Department of Health, as part of the organisation’s national campaign against the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. This follows the organisation studying the Department’s...
by AfriForum | Nov 22, 2019 | Education and leadership projects Media statements, Media statements
Panyaza Lesufi, the MEC for Education in Gauteng, alleges that AfriForum’s campaign to have him dismissed – in part because of his role in the chaotic placement process of learners in Gauteng for the 2020 schoolyear – is racist. “All card Lesufi can play is that he is...
by AfriForum | Nov 21, 2019 | Media statements, National health insurance Media statements
AfriForum laid criminal charges in Vryheid today against Dr Musa Gumede, former Head of the KZN Department of Health, as part of the organisation’s national campaign against the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. This follows the organisation studying the...