by AfriForum | Aug 3, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, today during a live broadcast from Botswana announced the latest developments in the case against Welheminah Mphoeng Maswabi, a former member of the country’s intelligence service, to the public. AfriForum...
by AfriForum | Jul 29, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The orthopaedic surgeon who treated a five-month-old baby after she was allegedly continuously assaulted by her parents, today testified on behalf of the state. Dr Helene Basson treated the baby girl on 14 July 2020 after the child was taken to the Eugène Marais...
by AfriForum | Jul 28, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
A murder suspect finally appeared in court today after continuous pressure by AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) made a U-turn with regards to its original decision not to prosecute the accused in a murder case after...
by AfriForum | Jul 26, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The case against two parents who were arrested on charges of child abuse, started in the Northern Gauteng High Court in Pretoria today. The parents of the baby were arrested in August 2020 after AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit assisted doctors and a social worker...
by AfriForum | Jul 19, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
Solidarity Helping Hand and AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit are currently supporting Sandra de Villiers in the judicial inquest into the death of her brother, Jaco Stols, in 2016 during the Life Esidimeni tragedy. Adv. Phyllis Vorster, Prosecutor at AfriForum’s...
by AfriForum | Jul 16, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit called its second witness today in the Regional Court in Somerset East in the prosecution of the alleged rapist Andile Memese. The Private Prosecution Unit, headed by Adv. Gerrie Nel, represents the victim, Celeste Gouws. Gouws was...
