Poet Mzwakhe Mbuli says he is taking government to court after his two year anguish in jail.
The people's poet, as Mbuli is affectionately known, says he has instructed his lawyer to begin proceedings of laying charges against Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa and Justice Minister Jeff Radebe.
The artist was last Friday acquited on four charges of kidnapping, intimidation, assault and the pointing a firearm at the Germiston Regional Court after he pleaded not guilty. The crimes were alleged to have been committed in 2008.
Mbuli says he feels vindicated as a result of the court's stance.
These charges were not withdrawn, it is total acquittal, so this is the next best thing, says Mbuli.
"I am now filing a lawsuit of unlawful arrest against the police minister and another of malicious prosecution against the justice minister."
This irreparably damaged my reputation here and abroad. It was not two days, it is not two months but two years, says the angry artist.
He says his lawyer would today be sending out letters of demands to the respective ministers.
Author: Phathu Musitha / Jacaranda News
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