by AfriForum | Oct 20, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit has scored another victory in that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) had made a turnabout and decided to institute prosecution against Gerald Hattingh, a magistrate in the Bellville area, on a charge of negligent driving....
by AfriForum | Oct 8, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
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 AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit assisted the complainant in the case. The husband of the complainant in the case was...
by AfriForum | Sep 16, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The hearing of the former armed forces officer that intentionally infected a fellow member of the armed forces with HIV and is now charged with attempted murder, will begin on 27 January 2021. AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit is currently supporting the victim....
by AfriForum | Sep 3, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The accused South African National Defence Force (SANDF) officer – who is charged with attempted murder because he deliberately infected the complainant with HIV without her knowledge – appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court today. AfriForum is supporting her and...
by AfriForum | Sep 2, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
In a letter sent to Adv. Shamila Batohi, National Director of Public Prosecutions, today AfriForum requested that the decision by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) over an asset preservation order be taken on review. The NPA has decided not to freeze assets of...
by AfriForum | Aug 31, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The Randburg Magistrate’s Court today set the date for the trial of Julius Malema, leader of the EFF, and Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, EFF Spokesperson, for 13 and 28 October 2020. After continued pressure from AfriForum, Malema and Ndlozi are prosecuted by the National...
