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Nel matriculated from Hoërskool Piet Potgieter in Potgietersrus in the Limpopo province in 1979, and studied law in Pretoria.
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Gerrie Nel
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He is nicknamed "Bulldog" for his tenacity in the courtroom, and is regularly assigned to difficult and high-profile cases. Nel started working as a prosecutor in 1984. He was a junior prosecutor in the trial of Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Waluś, who were both convicted in connection with the assassination of anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani in 1993.
He was the Gauteng Regional Head of the Non Performing Asset"s Directorate of Special Operations (Scorpions) business unit from its inception in 1999 until it was disbanded in 2009.
Nel led the prosecution in the trial of former national police commissioner and Interpol president Jackie Selebi, who was convicted of corruption in 2010. Nel was the lead prosecutor in the 2014 trial of Oscar Pistorius for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp and several gun-related charges.
Nel once competed in wrestling at a provincial level
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