JOHANNESBURG - ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula is set to face criminal prosecution for crimen injuria following a successful push by AfriForum.
Mbalula will join EFF leader Julius Malema in the Johannesburg Regional Court to face charges for falsely accusing a school principal of rape.
AfriForum says the decision sends a powerful message that no one, including prominent politicians, is above the law.
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The case, according to AfriForum, involves a mother who alleged that her child was raped at a school in Matatiele, Eastern Cape, in October 2024.
According to AfriForum the school principal and the school’s caretaker, whom the unit also represents, were targets of what it called 'vicious social media campaign' which started a month after the alleged incident.
AfriForum claims that the NPA had decided not to prosecute anyone, citing 'no evidence of rape or sexual assault after the minor girl was interviewed and examined by medical practitioners and forensic social workers'.