Comedian hands himself over to police
COMEDIAN Sagren Madhevan Moodley handed himself over to police last Wednesday morning after the Estcourt Magistrate’s Court issued a warrant of arrest for him.
Moodley was charged by the Estcourt police for violating an interim protection order that had been issued against him.
His attorney, Preggie Naicker, said that after being charged, Moodley appeared in court but the matter was not enrolled because there was no evidence to show he was in violation of the protection order.
He said Moodley would appear in court again on Thursday to oppose the protection order.
The protection order, which falls under the Protection from Harassment Act, was obtained by an Estcourt businesswoman in March this year.
She said Moodley targeted her online. He allegedly called her a murderer during a live video on his Facebook page, referred to her using vulgar language and made threats of a sexual nature against her.
The woman said Moodley verbally attacked her after she spoke out against the “Park by the Pozi” campaign in December last year.
The campaign was organised by a group called the National Indian Congress of South Africa.
Moodley was the spokesperson for the group. They encouraged Indian South Africans living in Durban to boycott shopping malls and big business in Durban for a day, in order to demonstrate the buying power of the community.
The aim of the campaign was to highlight the marginalisation of the Indian community in South Africa.