NPA to prosecute Mbalula and Malema for accusing Bergview principal of rape

FILE: Fikile Mbalula briefing the media ahead of the Roll Call of ANC Councillors’ Report Back Meeting in the Greater Johannesburg Region, Gauteng Province. Picture: @MYANC/X.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has confirmed that it will prosecute African National (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula on a charge of crimen injuria.

This after Mbalula accused Bergview College Principal Jaco Pieterse of raping a child.

The matter came to light after an Eastern Cape mother alleged her daughter was raped at the school in 2024, either by the principal or the caretaker.

However, the NPA declined to prosecute the principal at the time, saying it could not find conclusive evidence that the child had been sexually assaulted.