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AfriForum CEO, Kallie Kriel. Photo: @kalliekriel
AFRIFORUM

NPA must prosecute Mbalula for 2016 Dubai trip to manage relations with the US, says AfriForum

Gerrie Nel said AfriForum was looking at developing the law to privately prosecute politicians such as the ANC secretary general for corruption

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
5 min read
The head of AfriForum’s private prosecution unit, Gerrie Nel, reiterated that he believed the mastermind behind the murder of Senzo Meyiwa was still walking free. (Reuters)
GERRIE NEL

Gerrie ‘The Bulldog’ Nel barks up wrong tree on Kelly Khumalo’s rights

Nel’s attempt to bring into question Khumalo’s innocence for the non-crime of soliciting a lawyer not only affects her rights but those of every South African

  • Werner van Wyk
4 min read
Senzo Meyiwa. File photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images/Getty Images
AFRIFORUM

Defence is ready for the trial of men accused of killing Senzo Meyiwa

The trial of four men starts on 11 April in the Pretoria high court

  • Khaya Koko
2 min read
Defence Minister Thandi Modise . (Gallo)
AFRIFORUM

Thandi Modise animal cruelty case postponed

The National assembly speaker’s case over her abandoned farm will be heard at the end of October

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
2 min read
Police and SPCA officials discovered more than 50 dead pigs with the remaining 85 cannibalising on rotten carcasses on Thandi Modise’s farm near Potchefstroom.
AFRIFORUM

AfriForum to privately prosecute Thandi Modise over animal cruelty

In 2015, a protracted legal action was initiated after it emerged that animals had been starving on the multimillion-rand farm of Modise in 2014.

  • Jeanette Chabalala
2 min read
Africa has seen a growing number of leaders establish themselves as “presidents for life” over the last few years, including Sudan’s Omar al Bashir (AFP)
AFRIFORUM

Duduzani Zuma to appear in court for culpable homicide

NPA head Shaun Abrahams decided to prosecute the former president’s son for culpable homicide in April

  • Raeesa Pather
  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
National director of public prosecutions
AFRIFORUM

AfriForum’s Malema move ‘opportunistic’ – NPA boss

Shaun Abrahams called AfriForum’s decision to prosecute Malema ‘unbecoming’

  • Paul Herman
  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
AfriForum’s Advocate Gerrie Nel.
AMANDA KHOZA NEWS24

NPA to make its own decision on Malema prosecution in August

CEO of AfriForum, Kallie Kriel, said Malema should have his day in court

  • Amanda Khoza News24
5 min read
Africa has seen a growing number of leaders establish themselves as “presidents for life” over the last few years, including Sudan’s Omar al Bashir (AFP)
AFRIFORUM

NPA decides to prosecute Duduzani Zuma for culpable homicide

The younger Zuma had been given until the end of March to say why he should not be prosecuted

  • Jenna Etheridge
1 min read
Malema published journalist Karima Brown’s telephone number on his Twitter account. He must have foreseen that EFF supporters would bully and harass her, violating a range of her fundamental rights, writes the author. (David Harrison/M&G)
AFRIFORUM

‘Bring it on bloody racists… I’m born ready!’ – Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema has told AfriForum to "bring it on", after it announced that it would pursue charges against him should the NPA not do it

  • Agency
1 min read
AfriForum’s private prosecution head Gerrie Nel
AFRIFORUM

AfriForum to prosecute Julius Malema if the NPA does not do so

The Afrikaner interest group has announced it will privately prosecute the EFF leader for his alleged involvement in a suspected botched tender award

  • Raeesa Pather
4 min read
The case was postponed to June 18 to allow the accused to make representations to the NPA as well as to have the State handover the docket and other documentation to the defence.
ALEX MITCHLEY

Big name witnesses for SARS ‘rogue unit’ case

Gerrie Nel, Trevor Manuel, Vusi Pikoli will be state witnesses in the SARS ‘rogue unit’ case

  • Angelique Serrao
  • Alex Mitchley
5 min read
Africa has seen a growing number of leaders establish themselves as “presidents for life” over the last few years, including Sudan’s Omar al Bashir (AFP)
AFRIFORUM

Duduzane Zuma set to be first hauled before Gerrie Nel’s private prosecuting unit

President Jacob Zuma son Duduzane Zuma will be the first person to be hauled before AfriForum’s private prosecuting unit, the union announced.

  • Jenni Evans
1 min read
AfriForum’s private prosecution head Gerrie Nel
AFRIFORUM

Bulldog sinks teeth into new job

Former NPA prosecutor Gerrie Nel and AfriForum’s chief decide the country needs a dog to watch the watchmen

  • Mandy Wiener 1
7 min read
Gerrie Nel.
AFRIFORUM

Editorial: White nostalgia, not civil rights

AfriForum is a grouping that holds the rights of white Afrikaans speakers as more valid than those of the rest of the people of this country.

  • Editorial
3 min read