Afriforum lays criminal complaint against Pierre de Vos over alleged child porn tweet

Lobby group,  AfriForum says its Youth structure has laid a criminal complaint against the University of Cape Town (UCT)'s Constitutional Law Expert and political commentator, Pierre de Vos. 

This comes after Afriforum Youth earlier said child pornography was posted on his Twitter profile earlier this month. 

The criminal complaint was made at Humewood Police Station in Gqeberha on Wednesday, in accordance with the relevant section of the Criminal Law Amendment Act. 

Afrifroum Youth spokesperson, Rene' van der Vyver, says they trust that SAPS will investigate this matter thoroughly. 

"It is unacceptable that a prominent figure could possibly be guilty of such atrocities without a thorough investigation. Child pornography contributes to the child trafficking industry which is a growing problem in South Africa. We, therefore, cannot ignore this incident, " she said. 

Meanwhile, De Vos said on social media that his Twitter account had been hacked and that he had deleted the tweets and changed his password.

He claims that Afriforum's action is in response to his criticism of their hate-speech case against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema.