Gerrie Nel pins his hopes on Duduzane Zuma showing up to face culpable homicide charges
The head of AfriForum’s private prosecutions unit says he is elated that the families of Duduzane Zuma’s two alleged car crash victims ‘will finally get justice’
Former prosecutor Gerrie Nel said on Monday he "really hopes" that former president Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane Zuma will appear in court to face culpable homicide charges on July 12 — and is "absolutely elated" that the families of Zuma’s two alleged car crash victims "will finally get justice". Nel‚ who heads AfriForum’s private prosecutions unit‚ announced in 2017 that the lobby group would apply to privately prosecute Zuma over the death of young mother Phumzile Dube. She died after Zuma’s Porsche collided with the minibus she was traveling in in February 2014. Her fellow passenger‚ Nanki Jeanette Mashaba‚ reportedly died in hospital weeks after the crash. Despite Randburg magistrate Lalitha Chetty finding that there was prima facie evidence that Dube’s death had been caused by Zuma’s negligent actions‚ the state elected in August 2015 not to prosecute him. Nel claims that decision was not communicated to Dube’s family.
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