Lawyers for Cradock Four push NPA for a decision on prosecutions

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Should no decision be made by close of business on that day, law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) will launch legal proceedings in the high court to compel the NPA to make a decision.

National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi. Lawyers representing the families of the Cradock Four have written to the NPA demanding that it decides by July 10 on whether to prosecute suspects in the murder of the Cradock Four.A law firm representing the families of the Cradock Four has demanded that the National Prosecuting Authority decides by no later than July 10 on whether or not to prosecute the known suspects in the apartheid-era murder of the Cradock Four.

Should no decision be made by close of business on that day, law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr will launch legal proceedings in the high court to compel the NPA to make a decision. Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli - known as the Cradock Four - were brutally murdered near Port Elizabeth by members of the Security Branch of the South African police 34 years ago.

 

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