Woman gets 25 years for murdering cop husband who wanted divorce
The wife of a slain Free State policeman was sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment on Friday for the murder of her husband. Constable Mbuyiselo James Concoshi‚ 34‚ was killed in his bed in January last...
View ArticleDrug dealing case postponed – yet again
The drug dealing case of 29-year-old Neelan Naidoo was yet again postponed to February 27 by the East London Magistrate’s Court. Naidoo briefly appeared before A-Court magistrate Rochelle Sam this...
View ArticleMnquma municipal manager Tantsi’s fraud case pushed back a day
Arrested Mnquma municipal manager Sindile Tantsi will now appear in Butterworth Magistrate’s Court on Thursday and not today as previously scheduled. Hawks spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said...
View ArticleO’Sullivan summonsed to appear in court
Private forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan has been summonsed to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court today. It follows his foiled arrest by police earlier this week. O’Sullivan has been...
View ArticleANC‚ EFF members unite to oppose bail for man who killed worker he mistook...
ANC and EFF members gathered outside the Modimolle Magistrate’s Court on Monday in solidarity with the family of a farm worker who was murdered after he was allegedly mistaken for a warthog. The...
View ArticleDoctor on trial in East London for assault
The East London Magistrate’s Court last week heard that a medical doctor had threatened his estranged wife’s alleged lover with a hammer. The doctor is on trial on criminal charges of contravening a...
View ArticleUPDATE: Tantsi released on R40 000 bail
By BONGANI FUZILE and SILUSAPHO NYANDA Embattled Mnquma Municipality’s municipal manager Sindile Tantsi was released on R40 000 bail by the Butterworth Magistrate’s Court earlier today. The court was...
View ArticleSA’s withdrawal from International Criminal Court unconstitutional and...
The High Court in Pretoria has found the government’s decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is unconstitutional and invalid. Deputy Judge President Phineas Mojapelo on...
View ArticleCourt date for principal charged with sexual assault
The principal of a primary school in Dimbaza appeared in the Zwelitsha Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of stripping a 10-year-old pupil and forcing him to walk around the school naked as a...
View ArticleThird case against EFF leader Malema over land calls
A third court case against EFF leader Julius Malema in relation to comments he made about land has been postponed to June. Malema appeared briefly in the Newcastle Magistrate’s Court on Friday. The...
View ArticleANCYL spokesman in court over roadblock fracas
An ANC Youth League hotshot is in hot water in the Western Cape. The league’s provincial spokesman‚ Siyabulela Tom‚ appeared in court on Thursday for calling a police officer a “p**s” and assaulting...
View ArticleBoyfriend bragged about murder of deputy principal, teenager tells court
The teenage girlfriend of alleged East London hitman Bonga Skolpati gave the Mthatha High Court a spine-chilling account of how her boyfriend allegedly shot dead a popular Coffee Bay deputy principal...
View ArticleBaby Siwaphiwe’s mom and her lover granted bail
S’bongile Mbambo and her lover‚ Phumlani Mbokazi‚ have been granted R1 000 bail in the Durban Magistrate’s Court‚ where they are accused of staging the kidnapping of baby Siwaphiwe‚ Mbambo’s daughter....
View ArticleJudge to rule on live-streaming of Van Breda family murder trial
The highly anticipated murder trial of Henri van Breda is set to start in the Western Cape High Court on Monday. Van Breda stands accused of murdering his father Martin‚ mother Teresa and brother Rudi...
View ArticleCameras will intimidate Van Breda witnesses‚ lawyers tell judge in family...
A sexually-explicit video‚ purportedly of a 14-year-old girl‚ has been causing a stir on social media since it surfaced on Wednesday‚ with many people sharing the footage or asking for links to it. But...
View ArticleAppointing black judges to meet quota ‘patronising’‚ says ConCourt judge...
While the numbers of black‚ female judges in superiors courts were relatively low‚ Judge Steven Majiedt on Tuesday said it would be “patronising” for black judges to be appointed to superior positions...
View ArticleSchool furniture debt heads for appeal
Eastern Cape businessman Bongile Nkola will get another shot at setting aside a high court ruling that two of his properties should be sold off to settle a longstanding debt he owes a steel company. He...
View ArticleMurder accused applies for bail in Lusikisiki court
An 18-YEAR-old suspect is appearing in the Lusikisiki Magistrate’s Court for a formal bail application after he was arrested in connection with the murder of a popular elderly school teacher in late...
View ArticleState recommends ‘coup plotter’ undergo mental evaluation
The office of the district public prosecutor has recommended that Elvis Ramosebudi‚ the man accused of plotting a coup by mass assassination‚ should undergo mental evaluation. Ramosebudi‚ who lives...
View ArticleCourt told of church feud: Loud singing ‘drowns out’ services
An unholy feud between two rival factions of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Grahamstown spilled over to the courts following a spate of incidents at its Sabbath services. In an unusual take on...
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