Speaker Thandi Modise back in court over NSPCA animal cruelty charges
29 April 2021 12:57 PM
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The animal cruelty trial against National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise has resumed in court on Thursday.
Modise is appearing before the Potchefstroom Regional Court in North West on charges relating to neglected livestock on her farm back in 2014.
In 2014, dozens of carcasses of dead animals, including 58 pigs, were found on Modiseâs farm outside Potchefstroom.
AfriForum is privately prosecuting Modise on behalf of the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA).
The case was postponed in December and returned to court this week.
Witnesses have testified that the farm animals had died or were emaciated due to starvation and dehydration.