PRETORIA, April (ANA) - Head of civil rights organisation AfriForum’s private prosecuting unit Advocate Gerrie Nel on Thursday announced he will be leading a private prosecution against outspoken Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema.
Nel told journalists at a press briefing in Pretoria that Malema and his co-accused will be prosecuted “for fraud and tender corruption should the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) not yield to AfriForum’s demand that the case against Malema, regarding the then corrupt activities of the company On-Point Engineering in Limpopo, be reinstated”.
AfriForum maintains On-Point Engineering, in which Malema’s family trust had a vested interest, was appointed in 2009 to assist the Limpopo department of roads and transport with infrastructure development, maintenance and planning and in doing so received bribes from successful tenderers.
Malema tweeted that Nel could "bring it on".
- African News Agency (ANA)
