by AfriForum | Mar 5, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit and the family of the former Bafana-Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa expressed their displeasure today over the failure of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to order the arrest and court appearance of the mastermind behind the...
by AfriForum | Mar 3, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
Pumeza Futshane, Head Prosecutor at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court, was suspended from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) pending disciplinary action against her after accusations of among others nepotism and favouritism. AfriForum’s Private Prosecution...
by AfriForum | Mar 3, 2021 | Media statements, Corruption Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit today assisted Werner Pretorius, the owner of Hennie’s Restaurant in Moreleta Park, in laying criminal charges of fraud and theft at the Garsfontein police station against several police officers working at the station. This...
by AfriForum | Feb 23, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, and his team appeared in the Somerset East Regional Court today on behalf of Celeste Gouws, rape survivor and private prosecutor. The case was postponed for trial until 23 to 26 March 2021, as the accused...
by AfriForum | Feb 18, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) finally decided to act in three cases that in some instances have been dragging on for nearly three years already after AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit became involved. This unit requested progress from the SAPS as well as...
by AfriForum | Feb 17, 2021 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, cross-examined another fire expert on 15 and 16 February 2021 in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court in the case of the deaths of Suraya Deedat and her four children in 2011. The expert was appointed by...
