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Thandi Modise back in court on animal cruelty charges Thandi Modise has pleaded not guilty to six charges of animal cruelty. She is accused of causing the deaths of 79 animals on her property. Thandi Modise, speaker of the National Assembly in Parliament, is back in Potchefstroom Regional Court on six charges of animal cruelty. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) filed charges against Modise after it found scores of dead animals on her North West farm back in 2014. The organisation has roped in Afriforum to pursue a private prosecution against the speaker. AL...

Thandi Modise wants court to discharge her from animal cruelty charges By Tarryn-Leigh Solomons Share Cape Town - The legal team representing National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise has brought an application to have Modise discharged from the animal cruelty charges. Modise was back in the dock on Thursday at the Potchefstroom Regional Court. AfriForum’s chief investigator, Andrew Leask, said the private prosecution, led by head of AfriForum’s private prosecution unit, advocate Gerrie Nel, closed its case upon which the defence brought an application to have Modise discharged in terms of ...

NSPCA to appeal after Thandi Modise acquitted of animal cruelty charges The NSPCA has instructed their legal team to appeal the judgement against Thandi Modise after she was acquitted of animal cruelty charges. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) are set to appeal the judgement handed down to Thandi Modise on Friday. Modise, speaker of the National Assembly in Parliament, was acquitted of all six charges relating to animal cruelty in the Potchefstroom Regional Court today, 30 April. The court determined the man she hired to look after the animals “failed i...

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Court hears of how animals suffered on Speaker Thandi Modise’s farm By Tarryn-Leigh Solomons Share Cape Town - The trial against National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise continued in court on Wednesday, with witnesses giving evidence on the conditions the animals were found in on the farm in the North West several years ago. AfriForum’s chief investigator, Andrew Leask, said on Wednesday that Dr Sameer Abbas, a veterinarian, and a former employee at the farm gave detailed accounts on the events leading to the discovery of the animals. Leask said Abbas, who was called out to the scen...