AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit subpoenaed Thandi Modise, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, to appear in the Potchefstroom Regional Court on 21 June 2019 on charges of animal abuse. This follows after the Private Prosecution Unit last year announced that they would privately prosecute Modise on behalf of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty…
Thandi Modise, Speaker of the National Assembly, would have made her first court appearance in the Potchefstroom District Court today on charges of animal abuse. Her legal team however argued that she could not appear in court due to her responsibilities as parliamentary speaker and presiding officer at President Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation in…
Thandi Modise, former Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces and current Speaker of the National Assembly, today appeared in the Potchefstroom Regional Court for the first time on charges of animal cruelty. The case was postponed until 30 October 2019 when Modise will plead on the charges. Modise is being prosecuted privately by Adv. Gerrie Nel,…
Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, today appeared in the Western Cape High Court on behalf of the Jimmy family in the judicial inquest into the death of Reshall Jimmy. Jimmy burnt to death in December 2015 when the Ford Kuga that he was driving caught alight. Ford Motor Company is also…
Evidence in the inquest into the death of Reshall Jimmy was presented in the Western Cape High Court on 18 and 19 March 2019. Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, appeared on behalf of the Jimmy family. Jimmy died in December 2015 when the Ford Kuga he was driving caught fire. The Ford Motor Company…
On 20 March 2019 witness testimony continued in the Western Cape High Court in the inquest into the death of Reshall Jimmy. Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, appeared on behalf of the Jimmy family. Jimmy died in December 2015 when the Ford Kuga he was driving caught fire. The Ford Motor Company is also…
Ford’s expert witness John David Loud (an American engineer) today testified in the Western Cape High Court in the judicial inquest into the death of Reshall Jimmy. According to him, there could have been numerous causes for the fire in the Ford Kuga in which Jimmy burned to death in 2015. Loud’s testimony will continue…
Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, announced today that he and his team withdrew from the judicial inquest into the death of Reshall Jimmy. Jimmy died in December 2015 when the Ford Kuga he was driving burst into flames. Nel led the inquest into Jimmy’s death on behalf of the Jimmy family. “The…
Duduzane Zuma, son of former President Jacob Zuma, appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on 26 March 2019 on a charge of culpable homicide and a charge of reckless and negligent driving. The state withdrew a second charge of culpable homicide after a report from a pathologist indicated that a second victim died of natural causes. Elias…
Duduzane Zuma’s legal team today called two witnesses to testify in the culpable homicide and reckless and negligent driving case against him. The defence called one expert witness, Konrad Lotter, as well as Michael Jankelowitz, an eye witness. The latter testified that he was on the highway the night of the incident and that it…
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