by AfriForum | Dec 2, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit is currently assisting Sue Mennie, the daughter of the late Genee Berg, in the criminal case against Bergs’s husband. The accused appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on 30 November 2020 on five charges, viz. the murder...
by AfriForum | Dec 1, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The hearing of Thandi Modise, Speaker of Parliament, on charges of cruelty to animals started in the Potchefstroom Regional Court today. Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, is prosecuting Modise privately on behalf of the National Council of...
by AfriForum | Nov 27, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The five accused in the 2014 murder on the former Bafana-Bafana captain, Senzo Meyiwa, appeared in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court for the second time today. The case was postponed until 5 March 2020 for further investigation. AfriForum represents the Meyiwa family in...
by AfriForum | Nov 26, 2020 | Private prosecution Media statements
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit currently supports Verna Cloete, the plaintiff in the criminal case against Gerald Hattingh, a magistrate in the Bellville area. The case was postponed on 25 November 2020 to 10 and 11 February 2021 in the Bellville Magistrate’s...
by AfriForum | Nov 25, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The inquest into the death of Suraya Deedat and her four children in a house fire in 2011 will proceed on 7 December 2020 in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, is representing the family of Suraya and...
by AfriForum | Nov 24, 2020 | Media statements, Private prosecution Media statements
The case agaist two parents who were arrested on charges of child abuse, was transferred from the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court to the North Gauteng High Court due to the seriousness of the case. The parents of the baby, who is now eight months old, were arrested in...
