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Speaking to News24 on Thursday, Momberg’s lawyer, Anesh Sukdeo said her client was suing the South African Police Service (SAPS), justice ministers, provincial and national police commissioners as well as the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), for R8.5 Million for the unlawful arrest and detention effected on her on November 6.

Sukdeo said the R8.5 million claim includes R2.5 million for her unlawful arrest and detention from November 6 to December 27 at a rate of R50 000 per day, R1 million for defamation, pain, suffering and anguish, R2.5 million for malicious legal proceedings and another R2.5 million for wrongful and malicious legal proceedings.

The lawyer said while the police claimed there was a warrant of arrest instructing Momberg’s arrest on November 6, that was not the case and instead they had an “apprehension order”.

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The recent report about courts and the chaos prevailing there is highlighted by the new Justice Minister, Ronald Lamola.

He announced plans that would apparently modernize and digitize the courts in South Africa. According to Google, digitizing means placing data on computer.

This means that until July 2019 all court reports, statements and sentences are still on paper. The conclusion is that in nearly 30 years the government has not yet managed to computerize the legal system.

It leaves the impression that Africa has already fallen behind with the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, is now asked mockingly.

– Read the original article in Afrikaans on Vryburger
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