AfriForum’s private prosecution unit summoned Bejani Chauke and Capt. Tebogo Mokolobate in terms of Schedule 205 of the Criminal Procedures Act to appear in the Potchefstroom Magistrates Court to provide the prosecution team with essential and applicable information in its case against Thandi Modise. Chauke and Mokolobate are witnesses in AfriForum and the National Society…
Bejani Chauke, Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa’s advisor, and Capt. Tebogo Mokolobate had to appear in the Potchefstroom Magistrate’s Court on 29 April 2019 or face arrest. They were summoned to testify as witnesses in the private prosecution of Thandi Modise, where AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit acts on behalf of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to…
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…
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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