National Assembly speaker Thandi Modise not guilty of animal cruelty

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The animal cruelty case against National Assembly speaker Thandi Modise has been dismissed by the Potchefstroom regional court on Friday due to lack of evidence against her.

Modise has since last year been on trial through a private prosecution by AfriForum on behalf of the National Council of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals .

In 2014, the NSPCA had lodged a criminal complaint accusing Modise of having left animals, including cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and chicken, to starve to death on her farm, leading to some animals cannibalising on others. On Friday, magistrate Ben Mtebele said there was no sufficient evidence that Modise was responsible for the deaths of some of the animals on the farm.

The animals had included 147 pigs, more than 59 sheep, more than 11 lambs, more than 54 goats, more than 25 chickens and geese, according to the charge sheet that was prepared for Modise by Afriforum.Modise’s lawyer, advocate Dali Mpofu, however accused the witnesses of the NSPCA who had lied and claimed that there was no water at the farm.

 

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