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.
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
