Private Prosecutions

  The civil rights watchdog AfriForum and Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of the organisation’s Private Prosecuting Unit, today announced at a media conference that they would support Miss Gabriella Engels to see that justice prevails in the assault charge that Miss Engels had brought against Mrs Grace Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s First Lady. The support entails among…

  Adv. Gerrie Nel resigned as State Prosecutor and will be the Head of AfriForum’s new private prosecuting unit from 1 February 2017. South African legislation makes private prosecution possible in cases where the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) decides to not prosecute someone suspected of an offence. According to Nel, he decided to accept the…