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…
The civil rights watchdog AfriForum today indicated during a media conference in Centurion that they will approach the court with a mandamus application to force the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to make decisions regarding the prosecution of Julius Malema, Leader of the EFF, concerning three pending cases against him. These three cases in which Malema…
Duduzane Zuma, son of former President Jacob Zuma, today heard in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court that he must appear on 26 March 2019 for two charges of culpable homicide and one charge of negligent driving. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) initially decided not to prosecute Zuma Jr in connection with a vehicle accident that occurred on 1 February 2014…
Magistrate Mashiane Mathopa today ruled in the Randburg Magistrate Court that the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) judicial inquest into the death of Col. Patrick Karegeya, the former Head of Intelligence of Rwanda, must be stopped. This follows Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, bringing an application in this regard on behalf of…
Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, today appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in a judicial inquest into the death of Col. Patrick Karegeya, the former Head of Intelligence in Rwanda. The magistrate will give judgement on Monday 21 January 2019 regarding AfriForum’s application that the judicial inquiry be stopped. Karegeya, who…
The civil rights organisation AfriForum today announced that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Grace Mugabe. Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum, welcomes the news. “This is the result of a very long process. AfriForum first had to approach the court to have Mugabe’s diplomatic immunity set aside which paved the way for…
The civil rights organisation AfriForum announced today that the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in Gauteng made a turnabout in the case against Alexis Bizos, son of George Bizos, by in fact deciding to prosecute him. The DPP reconsidered its decision and decided to institute prosecution against Bizos on a charge of assault on his…
AfriForum announced today that Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of the civil rights organisation’s Private Prosecution Unit, and his team had been supporting the Jimmy family against Ford Motor Company. Reshall Jimmy burnt to death in December 2015 when the Ford Kuga he was driving caught fire. “The family has been waiting for almost three years for…
AfriForum launched its national campaign against misappropriation of taxpayers’ money in the health sector at a media conference in Centurion today. As part of this campaign, AfriForum will visit all nine provinces in the next week, during which criminal charges will be laid against nine heads of the Provincial Departments of Health in terms of…
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