Activists reject Lamola’s call to withdraw rape law challenge

Answers: Justice Minister Ronald Lamola wants the national director of public prosecutions, Shamila Batohi, to explain why the Nulane case failed. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images and Phill Magakoe/ Gallo Images)

They argue that the justice minister has misunderstood the challenge to the defence of mistaken belief in consent and the constitutional implications of criminalising negligence