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The two men had reportedly missed previous court proceedings due to the coronavirus pandemic and its regulations. Vorster said that during Monday’s proceedings the original charge sheet could not be found and the court was unable to execute the arrest warrants.
Despite these obstacles, AfriForum said it welcomes the progress of the case.
“AfriForum welcomes the setting of a court date because we believed from the outset that there is a prima facie case against Malema and Ndlozi.
“The National Tax Authority (NPA) reconsidered its initial refusal to prosecute after continued pressure from AfriForum, and has since instituted prosecution. Now the legal process must run its course. However, we will continue to support the police colonel, ”Vorster said.
The lobby group took action against the two after they alleged that the NPA had been delayed in the case.
“The senior police officer opened a case with the police, but it never received any attention until AfriForum’s private prosecution unit began looking into the investigation in January 2019,” the group said.
The two defendants have previously denied assaulting the police officer.
“I’ve never done that. If I had put my hand on him, I would have hit him. I don’t play when I put a hand. I didn’t do that. Mbuyiseni didn’t do that. All we were fighting was getting into the cemetery and going to bury to our mother, ”Malema said addressing a crowd outside the court.
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