AfriForum welcomes the fact that Duduzane Zuma, son of former President Jacob Zuma, had to testify today in the case of culpable homicide and reckless and negligent driving against him. Zuma Jr was called as the defence’s first witness in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court. The case was postponed until tomorrow morning 08:30 after the stenograph broke…
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) informed Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, that the NPA has issued warrants of arrest for two of the four alleged murderers of Col. Patrick Karegeya, the former Rwandan Head of Intelligence. The NPA is also in the process of applying for the extradition of Ismael Gafaranga…
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,…
The civil rights watchdog AfriForum’s application against an earlier decision by the Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) to grant diplomatic immunity to Grace Mugabe, the former first lady of Zimbabwe, will be heard in the High Court in Pretoria on 10 and 11 May 2018. This court application is the first important step in…
The South Gauteng High Court today ruled that the decision by Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, former Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, to grant Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity should be set aside. AfriForum, Gabriella Engels and various other parties brought the rescission application in this regard. Judge Bashier Vally, who in May heard arguments in the application…
he 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…
AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit was, on inquiry, informed that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has applied to have Grace Mugabe extradited to South Africa. Grace Mugabe assaulted and seriously injured Gabriella Engels, a Johannesburg model, with an extension cord in 2017. The NPA’s decision follows the South Gauteng High Court’s ruling last year that the…
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…
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…
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