AfriForum Youth to file complaints against Pierre de Vos after his social media child pornography scandal
18 September 2022
AfriForum Youth is preparing a criminal complaint against Pierre de Vos after he apparently shared child pornography on his Twitter profile.
The youth organisation will file complaints against De Vos with the South African Police Service (SAPS) in accordance with section 19A(4) of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offenses and Related Matters) Amendment Act (32 of 2007), as well as the provision against the distribution of child pornography in the Film and Publication Act (65 of 1996, as amended).
In the post that De Vos retweeted on 11 September 2022, around 17:00, a young boy could be seen being sexually abused by an adult man.
“It is beyond my understanding that anyone could be guilty of such atrocities. What’s more: that they share it on a public platform, try to erase it and get away with it scot-free. This while human trafficking, which is directly related to this type of sexual crime, is a threatening issue in South Africa,” says René van der Vyver, spokesperson for AfriForum Youth.