South Africa: Gerrie Nel's Bid to Prosecute Duduzane Zuma Fits the Private Prosecution Bill

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AfriForum might have to jump through legal hurdles to prosecute Duduzane Zuma, but they appear to have found the right target for its first private prosecution team's case. That's as long as politics and money don't get in the way. By GREG NICOLSON.

When celebrated prosecutor Gerrie Nel left the NPA to lead AfriForum's private prosecutions unit in January 2017, UCT constitutional law expert Pierre de Vos explained how rare and difficult private prosecutions are in South Africa, particularly considering what appeared to be Nel's ambitions - to lead cases of corruption against government officials the NPA was reluctant to pursue due to the politicisation of the prosecuting authority.

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