Mchunu admits mistake, apologises to principal he wrongly accused

Published Apr 25, 2025, 2:42 PM

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has apologised to Bergview College principal, Jaco Pieterse, for falsely identifying him as a suspect in the alleged rape of a child that attends the school in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. In a letter to AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit, Mchunu says he has “human and personal empathy” for Pieterse and any other person “wrongly fingered” as suspects. The apology follows the unit’s announcement that as Pieterse’s legal representatives, it was preparing to file cases of criminal defamation against Mchunu and other politicians. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

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