# The Mamelodi Magistrate’s Court has ruled that the National Prosecuting Authority must pay the costs of AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit after convicting Irvin Thabo Ngobeni of assaulting his neighbor, Nthabiseng Sebothoma. Ngobeni received a three-month suspended sentence. AfriForum’s Gerrie Nel called the ruling a milestone, highlighting the NPA’s failure to prosecute gender-based violence cases:
Court orders NPA to pay AfriForum’s private prosecution costs in GBV case [SOUND]
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