Ex-clerk pays back the money
A primary school clerk who stole R170000 from her employer and spent some of it on her son’s medical bills and daily family expenses, has now paid it back. This was after the East London Regional Court...
View ArticleVan Breda back in court
The trial of triple murder accused Henri van Breda will continue in the high court in Cape Town on Tuesday. His legal team is likely to start their cross-examination of a Stellenbosch policeman....
View ArticlePastor Omotoso’s bail hearing stalls as cop checks statements
Controversial pastor Timothy Omotoso’s bail hearing resumed in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Thursday morning‚ with the court hearing sordid accusations of how Omotoso and his “henchwomen”...
View ArticlePresident Zuma given 5-day order to explain midnight Cabinet reshuffle
The High Court in Pretoria’s Judge Bashier Vally has ordered the presidency to furnish the Democratic Alliance with records and reasons for the cabinet reshuffle within five days. President Jacob Zuma...
View ArticleColigny residents protest as farmers apply for bail
School pupils joined protesters outside the Coligny Magistrate’s Court on Friday as two farmers accused of murder applied for bail. From inside the court‚ the group could be heard singing freedom...
View ArticleState to add charge of defeating ends of justice against Coligny farmers
The state will add a charge of defeating the ends of justice to the murder charge faced by the Coligny farmers accused of the death of a teenager. Pieter Doorewaard‚ 26‚ and Phillip Schutte‚ 34‚ are...
View ArticlePastor’s bail application: ‘Omotoso has suicidal thoughts’
On the third day of Pastor Tim Omotoso’s bail application his defence attorney said his client had suicidal thoughts after he was arrested at the Port Elizabeth airport last month. The Durban-based...
View Article419 scam should not be excluded in ‘coup plotter’ case: court
The possibility that alleged “coup plotter” Elvis Ramosebudi was engaged in an advance fee scam where he promised “heaven and earth” to the people he approached for money should not be excluded. This...
View ArticleDe Zalze security claims are nonsense‚ Van Breda lawyer says
It was the scene of his family home‚ somewhere he watched Star Trek and drank wine with his parents. But on Tuesday Henri van Breda simply stared at imagery of the De Zalze estate in Stellenbosch on a...
View ArticleDe Zalze fence didn’t make the buck stop‚ says Van Breda’s lawyer
An unsuspecting buck‚ and possibly its friend‚ became digital exhibits on Tuesday in the High Court in Cape Town‚ where Henri van Breda is on trial for the murder of his parents and brother. Piet...
View ArticleParamedic describes ‘waterfall of blood’ from De Zalze axe attack survivor...
Whether or not Henri van Breda axed his parents and brother to death‚ on Tuesday he relived the horror of the aftermath through the eyes of paramedic Christiaan Koegelenberg. Testifying as a state...
View Article‘I want to murder the people around you’– Boyfriend’s message to Marli van...
Normal family fights or something sinister? This is the question growing roots in the triple axe murder trial of Henri van Breda in the High Court in Cape Town. An impassioned WhatsApp message from...
View ArticleBCM turns to court to stem land invasions
Buffalo City Metro (BCM) has taken a proactive approach to halt the spread of informal townships. The city has now turned to the courts in a bid to prevent illegal land invaders who have occupied empty...
View ArticleControversial pastor Omotoso ‘was in SA illegally’
Controversial pastor Timothy Omotoso was in South Africa illegally‚ a home affairs official told the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Friday morning. Immigration officer Ivan Klaasen testified in...
View ArticleChaos in court as Karabo Mokoena murder suspect appears
Chaos erupted in the small courtroom of the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court where Sandile Mantsoe‚ the man accused of killing Karabo Mokoena‚ was to make his first appearance. The gallery was packed to...
View ArticleKarabo Mokoena: Save SA asks what political parties are doing to protect women
The Save South Africa campaign and opposition party leaders paid tribute on Friday to Karabo Mokoena‚ who was allegedly killed by her boyfriend. “Another woman has become a victim for domestic violence...
View ArticleNtlemeza loses latest round in court
The High Court in Pretoria on Thursday ruled that an application by fired Hawks boss Berning Ntlemeza to return to work struck off the roll. Judge Sheila Mphahlele said she felt the matter was not...
View ArticleCourt forbids student violence- Judge interdicts assault, destruction at WSU
The Grahamstown High Court has interdicted Walter Sisulu University students at the Komani campuses from damaging or stealing university property, assaulting staff or students, and unlawfully...
View ArticleProtest outside court against robbery accused
More than 200 Ethiopian and Pakistani nationals protested outside the Kwaaiman Periodical Court near Mqanduli where eight suspected robbers, among them a foreign national, appeared on charges of...
View ArticleCourt mix-up in fake traditional healers case
Two alleged fake traditional healers who conned an Eastern Cape prison warder out of R2.5-million did not apply for bail yesterday – but this was because of a court mix-up. The men, both from Malawi,...
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