The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has withdrawn all charges against Mayor Helen Zille, a People's Anti-Drug and Liquor Action Committee (Padlac) leader, Amien Maker, and 11 others who were arrested last month after taking part in an anti-drug march in Mitchells Plain.
Maker was arrested for stopping at alleged drug outlets during last month's march, while Zille and the 11 other marchers were arrested for taking part in an illegal gathering outside the Mitchells Plain police station after Maker was arrested.
Western Cape DPP Rodney de Kock said in a statement on Tuesday that he had declined to prosecute "because there are no reasonable prospects of successful prosecutions".
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