Kallie Kriel said treason charges were baseless and would only serve AfriForum’s cause
Lobbying does not come near the definition of treason, according to legal analysts
The former leader was also stripped of the right to vote and hold public office and his property and assets were confiscated for the public purse
The perpetrators had no noble cause and their actions almost brought the country down
Ugandan artist and opposition lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi’s charges have been reduced from treason to ‘illegal possession of arms’
Rodwell Kasika Mukendwa was accused number 106 in the trial in which a remaining 110 men face 278 charges of high treason.
The high court in Pretoria has ordered that four of the Boeremag treason-trial accused may no longer be held in leg irons overnight.
The Boeremag treason trial’s oldest accused, Vis Visagie, was rushed to hospital on Wednesday after falling ill in the dock.
Security was stepped up at the Palace of Justice in Pretoria on Wednesday after Tuesday’s foiled escape attempt by five Boeremag treason trialists.
An attempt by five of the 20 Boeremag treason trialists to escape from custody at the Palace of Justice in Pretoria was foiled on Tuesday morning.