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Former husband's assault 'case was closed'─── 06:51 Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Johannesburg - Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa on Sunday said a common assault case against her by her former husband had been closed, not quashed.
“He [her ex-husband] voluntarily submitted a withdrawal statement to the South African Police Service (SAPS) in 2015,” said Molewa in a statement issued by her ministry.
“Not only was the matter fully investigated by the SAPS, but the National Directorate of Public Prosecutions declined to prosecute.
“The case was closed, and not quashed as the article tries to suggest,” she added.
Molewa was reacting to a City Press newspaper article that detailed an affidavit related to a case of common assault which he previously laid against her.
Her husband, Richard Molewa, told the City Press that at the time he had been approached by a senior police officer who told him a charge could not be made against a minister.
