It was announced that Gerrie Nel had resigned from being a state prosecutor at the NPA and was set to establish an investigative unit at AfriForum.
FILE PICTURE: State prosecutor Gerrie Nel is seen during the murder trial of paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, Tuesday, 15 April 2014. Picture: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters/Pool
News that Nel, who led the case against Oscar Pistorius, was headed to AfriForum did not sit well with many people on Twitter.
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Poet and activist Ntsiki Mazwai tweeted that the organisation was more a platform for “racists”, adding “whites will never change”, upon learning Nel was joining AfriForum, while top investigative journalist Adriaan Basson said it was a “sad day”.
https://twitter.com/AmyEmihle/status/826345827325136896
Afriforum is camouflaged "civil rights", but Right-Wing White Nationalists daring to run a parallel state. Vuka Darkie ..!
— The Joker (@Keyser_Sohze) January 31, 2017
#GerrieNel is an SA treasure, the reason many baddies are in jail. But fact he's joined the fundamentally divisive @afriforum, simply stinks
— Nickolaus Bauer (@NickolausBauer) January 31, 2017
#GerrieNel
Afriforum is NOT a civil rights organization. pic.twitter.com/gq2K42Sg3l— Tumi Sole (@tumisole) January 31, 2017
I'm surprised to learn that Afriforum is considered to be a civil rights organisation. Whose rights are they fighting for? 🙄 pic.twitter.com/fmGmKOHmOG
— Tshegs (@Tshegs) January 31, 2017
#GerrieNel quits #NPA for #Afriforum, I wasn't ready for this, from #NPA to a racist right wing organisation🤔!!! pic.twitter.com/IoucGTS5EG
— #RememberMarikana🇿🇦 (@LiberalsAreNaiv) January 31, 2017
Sad, sad day to see a dedicated, well-loved prosecutor like #GerrieNel quit the NPA to join a divisive organisation like @afriforum.
— Adriaan Basson (@AdriaanBasson) January 31, 2017
