# Former police officer Johan Marais will be sentenced in the Gauteng High Court sitting in Benoni today for the 1987 murder of student activist Caiphus Nyoka. The prominent East Rand student leader was shot at his home by an apartheid-era police unit. Marais confessed in 2019 and pleaded guilty last year. The sentencing marks a major step in the Nyoka family’s decades-long fight for justice. The trial of Marais’ co-accused resumed in May this year.
Ex-police officer Johan Marais faces sentencing for 1987 murder of student activist Caiphus Nyoka