Joseph Mona was in the Springs Magistrates’ Court on Monday seeking an unconditional public apology and monetary compensation for allegedly being forced to drink faeces by his boss, Harry Leicester.
He was represented by the South African Human Rights Commission which had initiated Equality Court proceedings against the farmer and his family.
City Press reported in February about Mona’s fight to get justice.
He went to the police in Springs in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, to the Equality Court in Germiston, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration in Boksburg but it wasn’t until a court official eventually went to the Economic Freedom Fighters to complain that he hadn’t received any justice, that the wheels finally started turning.
“If it was not for political pressure, nothing probably would have happened,” he said.

Maria Leicester (50) and her 27-year-old son Chris were taken into custody and appeared in the Springs Magistrates’ Court on charges of crimen injuria, kidnapping and aggravated assault earlier this year. Maria’s husband Harry, was ill, and was only charged later.

Source: City Press