by AfriForum | Jul 14, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit continued its prosecution of an alleged rapist in the Regional Court in Somerset West today. The Private Prosecution Unit, headed by Adv. Gerrie Nel, represents the victim, Celeste Gouws. Gouws was raped in her house in 2017 after...
by AfriForum | Jul 13, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s private prosecution unit today proceeded with its prosecution of an alleged rapist in the Regional Court in Somerset East. AfriForum’s private prosecution unit, headed by Adv. Gerrie Nel, represents Celeste Gouws, the victim, that was raped in her own home...
by AfriForum | Jul 11, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum achieved success in the mandamus application brought against the Department of Justice. The unit filed a mandamus application by order of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in Botswana on 14 August 2020 wherein it was...
by AfriForum | Jul 8, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit today during a media conference announced the unit’s involvement in four cases of the most serious child abuse that the unit has ever encountered. In three of the cases the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), despite overwhelming...
by AfriForum | Jun 10, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
A suspect who is accused of two cases of sexual assault and one of rape, on Wednesday finally appeared in the local court in Reitz after persistent pressure by AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit. A family member of a five year old girl contacted the Private...
by AfriForum | May 19, 2021 | Community Affairs Media statements, Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum and the Kgetlengrivier Concerned Residents (KCR) expressed their shock and dismay after an acting judge had ruled in the North West High Court in Mahikeng that the water and sewage plants in Koster and Swartruggens were to be...
