Afriforum's Private Prosecution Unit says allegations of foul play in the death of Willem Kruger are unsupported.
Spokesperson Barry Bateman says the unit met with the Kruger family in Pretoria this week, to reveal its analysis of the evidence and affidavits gathered so far.
He says after a careful study of the circumstances surrounding the death of Kruger, the available evidence does not support allegations of foul play.
The death of Kruger made national headlines when he disappeared on the 13th of November 2022 after attending a bachelor party at a lodge in Mpumalanga.
Nine days later his body was found inside his bakkie in the Vaal River.
Bateman says in February, Willem's father, Tian, approached the unit for help to investigate the circumstances surrounding his son's death.
He says the family, had to endure more than five months of anguish and secondary trauma which has been fuelled by wild speculation about the cause of Willem's untimely passing.
Bateman says from the outset, the unit made it clear that it would not be led by reports and media speculation and rely solely on objective facts and corroborated evidence.
He says Adv. Gerrie Nel set out in detail the various findings, which included analysis of the data from the sports watch Willem was wearing; the GPS data from his vehicle tracker; cell phone tower data; post-mortem findings; and affidavits from several people in the area on the night.
On the instruction of the family, the unit will now focus on the private investigators that abused the trauma and desperation of a family to enrich themselves.
Bateman says there are a few outstanding aspects of procedural nature that need to be included in the docket, as well as loose ends that will finalise the matter, and ready to be submitted to the National Prosecuting Authority.
