(1)With reference to the complaint of Mrs Léanca Louw against Mr Nicolaas Wilhelm Herbst (CAS 25/4/2022 Primrose Police Station) and the latter’s countercharge (CAS 43/4/2022 Germiston Police Station), (a) what are the reasons that the State Prosecutor in the case did not proceed on the charges brought by Mrs Louw and (b) how did the countercharges proceed to trial before the investigations into the main charges were finalised;
(2) whether, after Senior State Prosecutors received a complete docket and apparently realised that there was potential tampering with the docket, it requested an investigation into the matter; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) once the Senior State Prosecutor was given the full facts, what are the reasons that the (a) trial proceeded knowing that there was a material dispute of fact and (b) Senior State Prosecutor attempted to mediate the matter on behalf of the suspect on the countercharge;
(4) what are the reasons that the Office of the State Prosecutor failed for a year to respond to correspondence from the attorney of Mrs Louw;
(5) whether he will make a statement on the matter?