{"id":44672,"date":"2022-09-24T12:08:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T12:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?p=44672"},"modified":"2022-09-26T12:11:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:11:02","slug":"south-africa-prosecutors-drop-sexual-assault-case-against-finance-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/south-africa-prosecutors-drop-sexual-assault-case-against-finance-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: Prosecutors drop sexual assault case against finance minister"},"content":{"rendered":"
JOHANNESBURG, South African prosecutors said they had dropped a case against Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana who had been accused of sexual assault.<\/p>\n
Godongwana, who is in charge of Africa\u2019s most industrialised economy, had been accused of having inappropriately touched a masseuse at a luxury wildlife lodge last month.<\/p>\n
He had denied the allegations, saying his wife was in the same room when he received the massage. <\/p>\n
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said in a statement that it had declined to prosecute the minister.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe decision follows a thorough assessment of all available evidence and after consultations with the complainant, who expressly did not wish to proceed with the case,\u201d the NPA in northeastern Mpumalanga province said.<\/p>\n
Godongwana was appointed to lead the finance ministry by President Cyril Ramaphosa last year.<\/p>\n
Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
JOHANNESBURG, South African prosecutors said they had dropped a case against Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana who had been accused of sexual assault. Godongwana, who is in charge of Africa\u2019s most industrialised economy, had been accused of having inappropriately touched a masseuse at a luxury wildlife lodge last month. He had denied the allegations, saying his … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n