In Ask Pollex in Servamus: March 2024, the crime/offence “high treason” (Afrikaans: “hoogverraad”) was in the news (see “Postscript” infra).
Since then, it again made the news.
As a matter of interest, Schedule 1 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 (“the CPA”) which is, inter alia, about “arrest by peace officer without warrant”, consists of a list of 27 crimes/offences. First on this list is “high treason” (referred to as “treason” on the list but in the Afrikaans text it is “hoogverraad”).
Accordingly, let’s briefly discuss “high treason”.
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[This is only an extract of an article that is published in Servamus: May 2025. This article is available for purchase.]