# Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag kan nie die omstrede sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala se verklaring as bewys gebruik nie nadat hy ‘n ooreenkoms vir 12-jaar tronkstraf verwerp het wat die Pretoriase Handelsmisdaadhof voorgestel het. Die hof het sy pleitooreenkoms in die Medicare24-tenderbedrogsaak van 288-miljoen-rand nietig verklaar nadat die staat se voorgestelde vonnis van agt jaar verwerp […]
# The Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court postponed the bail application of Zimbabwean-British citizen Ndodana Tshuma to next Wednesday to consider his legal status. He is wanted in the UK over the murders of his wife and two children last week, and was arrested in Johannesburg this weekend. Tshuma also faces a South African charge of possessing […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority can no longer use controversial businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s statement as evidence after he rejected a 12-year prison sentence deal proposed by the Pretoria Specialised Crimes Court. The court declared his plea agreement in the 288-million-rand SAPS-Medicare24 tender fraud case null and void after previously rejecting the state’s proposed eight-year […]
# The South African Social Security Agency has noted calls for national pickets against the agency circulating on social media. SASSA says the calls, reportedly led by a TikTok content creator, include planned protests in the Western Cape and other parts of the country. The agency’s Andile Tshona says it respects the right to protest […]
# South Africa’s first dedicated police unit for missing persons has been launched in Cape Town to strengthen the response to missing persons cases. The initiative brings together the South African Police Service, the National Prosecuting Authority, the Department of Home Affairs, and the Faith and Hope Missing Persons organisation. Founder Veranique Williams says the […]
# Die Kaapstadse Landdroshof het die geregtelike doodsondersoek na Anele Tembe se dood tot 7 September uitgestel weens die voorsittende landdros se siekte. Die ondersoek volg vyf jaar na Tembe se noodlottige val van die tiende verdieping van die Pepperclub Hotel. Ses getuies sal na verwagting getuig terwyl die hof die omstandighede rondom haar dood […]
# Die MK-party verwerp Sunday World se berig dat hulle meer as 336-duisend-rand bestee het aan privaat sekerheid vir sekretaris-generaal Sibonelo Nomvalo terwyl ander uitgawes bevries is. Die party sê die bewerings is vals, kwaadwillig en bedoel om sy naam te skaad voor die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing. Woordvoerder Sifiso Mahlangu sê die party het sy regsverteenwoordigers […]
# The Madlanga Commission has postponed proceedings after Investigating Directorate Against Corruption Advocate Andrea Johnson was hospitalised overnight. Johnson was due to testify on allegations of misconduct involving Major-General Feroz Khan, and shed light on relations between key law enforcement agencies. Commissioners criticised her medical certificate as useless. Evidence leader Mahlape Sello and commission chair […]
# The Cape Town Magistrate’s Court has postponed the inquest into Anele Tembe’s death to 7 September due to the presiding magistrate’s medical emergency. The inquest comes five years after Tembe’s fatal fall from the tenth floor of the Pepperclub Hotel. Six witnesses are expected to testify as the court examines the circumstances surrounding her […]
