New evidence has come to light in an investigation into a string of murder and rape cases in the Kensington area of Cape Town, Western Cape police said on Friday. Lt-Col Andre Traut believed the evidence would strengthen a related criminal case against a 30-year-old man who appeared in the[…]
Police in Mossel Bay on Thursday appealed to residents to help with information that could lead to the arrest of six men who killed a farmer. Captain Malcom Pojie said cases of murder and armed robbery were opened following the death of 54-year-old Fedoras Tolman near Hartenbos, Mossel Bay, on[…]
Western Cape police chief General Arno Lamoer plans on creating a special task team to investigate the origin of the six bodies found in Cape Town’s Kraaifontein area. The bludgeoned bodies of six as-yet unidentified men were discovered by residents living near Kraaifontein’s Joostenberg-vlakte in an area that serves as[…]
The Western Cape High Court is expected to hear arguments on Monday on an application for British businessman Shrien Dewani’s discharge on charges of conspiring to kill his wife. Last Monday, Francois van Zyl, for Dewani, said the defence intended making an application to Deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso in[…]
A new witness is expected to be called on Tuesday as the trial of British businessman Shrien Dewani continues in the Western Cape High Court. On Monday, the court heard from a hotel receptionist of how two important phone calls took place around an alleged plot to kill Dewani’s wife[…]
The trial of British businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of murdering his wife Anni, continues in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday. Shuttle taxi driver Zola Tongo, one of the men convicted of the killing, was expected to continue being cross-examined. On Monday, Dewani’s lawyer Francois van Zyl questioned Tongo[…]
Three people were being questioned in connection with the murder of Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa, Gauteng police said on Saturday. “Investigators are in the process of interrogating the three suspects who will be placed on an ID [identity] parade later. If any evidence is found to link them to[…]
The NPA has confirmed that a man appeared in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday in connection with the murder of Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa. “The man, Zanokuhle Mbatha… is facing a charge of murder and robbery of Mr Senzo Meyiwa,” National Prosecuting Authority spokesman Nathi Mncube said. “He[…]
Convicted shuttle taxi driver Zola Tongo seemed to portray himself as a victim when describing how the Anni Dewani murder plot affected him, during questioning in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday. Tongo, 34, who is serving an 18-year jail term for killing the honeymooner in 2010, said in[…]
Police on Tuesday denied a report that a man had detained for the murder of Bafana Bafana captain, Senzo Meyiwa. “There have been no arrests,” said Brigadier Neville Malila. ANN7 reported on social networking site Twitter that a man who looked “familiar to one of the identity kits released by[…]
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