by AfriForum | May 11, 2021 | Community Affairs Media statements, Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum was in the North West High Court in Mahikeng today to join the Koster court case to ensure that justice be done to the people of this town. AfriForum approached the court on Tuesday for a declaration that the municipal manager...
by AfriForum | May 7, 2021 | Community Affairs Media statements, Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum formally served court documents this week to become party to the ongoing Koster court case as friend of the court (amicus curiae). This follows the urgent court application brought by the Department of Cooperative Governance and...
by AfriForum | May 5, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit is currently supporting Anja Pentz, who was allegedly assaulted by officials at the Wierdabrug police station and jailed for hours after she had wanted to report a hijack attempt. The police official charged her for being “drunk in...
by AfriForum | Apr 30, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum is disappointed in the judgement made by Magistrate Ben Mtebele on Friday afternoon in the Potchefstroom Regional Court in the case in which Thandi Modise, Speaker in Parliament, appeared in connection with charges of animal...
by AfriForum | Apr 29, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit supported people in two separate cases in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court today after a long battle to have these cases brought before the Court. The accused being prosecuted on two charges for the murder of Ruan Coen (26) and...
by AfriForum | Apr 11, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s private prosecution unit, Adv. Phyllis Vorster, prosecutor, and Andrew Leask, chief investigator at the unit, are in Botswana this week in connection with the prosecution of Welheminah Mphoeng Maswabi in this country. AfriForum...
