Christopher Panayiotou will have to spend another weekend in the St Albans holding cells as he waits for the outcome of his bail application. Magistrate Abigail Beeton on Wednesday postpones the case to June 4, when she will hand down her judgment on whether Panayiotou would be granted bail. Panayiotou,[…]
Two men accused of killing Mozambican national Emmanuel Josias Sithole were denied bail in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The pair’s appearance in court happened exactly a month since Sithole was stabbed on the streets of Alexandra in a wave of xenophobic violence. The street vendor had allegedly been[…]
Two of four men linked to the death of Mozambican national Emmanuel Josias Sithole are expected back in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court for a decision on their bail bid. Sizwe Mngomezulu and Sifundo Mzimela, who with Mthinto Bhengu and a 17-year-old, are alleged to have stolen cigarettes from Sithole, a[…]
The husband of murdered teacher Jayde Panayiotou will be applying for bail on Thursday. Christopher Panayiotou’s attorney, Alwyn Grievenow, confirmed on Monday that he would be bringing a bail application on behalf of his client. National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson, Velekhaya Mgobhozi, said the NPA will be opposing the bail application.[…]
Mozambican national Emmanuel Sithole, who was murdered in Alexandra, was not using a fake name, his family said on Monday. His name was Emmanuel Josias Sithole, his sister Thando told News24 outside the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court, where four men appeared for her brother’s murder. Speaking at a Freedom Day celebration[…]
Convicted rapist Bob Hewitt was granted R10,000 bail by the High Court in Johannesburg sitting in Palm Ridge on Monday. The former Grand Slam tennis champion was expected back in court on April 17 for sentencing proceedings. The matter would be transferred to the High Court in Pretoria, Judge Bert[…]
A South African woman who allegedly kidnapped a baby from a hospital and raised her for 17 years was released on bail Friday in a sensational case in which authorities are struggling to protect the privacy of a girl who apparently had no idea of what had happened. Magistrate Mark[…]
Former Fidentia chief executive J Arthur Brown’s lawyers on Thursday withdrew his urgent bail application in the Western Cape High Court, Eyewitness News reported. The convicted fraudster’s lawyers John Louw and Mark Filton withdrew the application as the court did not have the jurisdiction to deal with the matter because[…]
A 32-year-old woman who was arrested when she collected a consignment of drugs from a courier company was granted R30,000 bail in the Cape Town District Court on Wednesday. Bulelwa Yokwana, 32, mother of a six-year-old daughter, appeared before magistrate Moegamad Esau. She was reportedly arrested on Monday after Time[…]
A Western Cape man who owes R113,600 in child maintenance abandoned his bail application in the Mitchells Plain Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, the justice department said. “[He] will remain in custody until his next appearance on 9 January 2015,” said regional department head Hishaam Mohamed. Last week the court heard[…]
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