The private prosecution by AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit of a well-known businessman in the financial sector on a charge of rape was postponed today in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court to 13 June 2019. This follows after the accused indicated that he would like to appoint Adv. Barry Roux as his legal representative and Adv. Roux…
AfriForum and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) today announced during a media conference that Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of the civil rights organisation’s Private Prosecution Unit, will privately prosecute Thandi Modise, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces. The NSPCA responded to a complaint received in July 2014 and came…
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…
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…
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…
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