LOCAL The murder case against 12 people accused of killing e-hailing driver, Abongile Mafalala in Parkwood will return to court on 20 October 2023. According to National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) regional spokesperson, Eric Ntabazalila, the matter had been postponed for continuation of discussions around a possible plea and sentencing agreement.[…]
Three more people are expected to be arrested in connection with the escape of murderer and rapist Thabo Bester from the Mangaung Correctional Centre. The State told the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday that police are finalising cellphone data and bank statements. Eight people have so far been arrested for[…]
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it will oppose the urgent application of the convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester’s partner Dr Nandipha Magudumana. The application in which Magudumana is seeking to have her arrest in Tanzania and deportation to South Africa declared unlawful, will be heard in the Free[…]
By Aneeqa du Plessis After more than 53 years, the Haron family are now one-step closer to hearing the truth in their father’s death. This comes as closing arguments in Imam Abdullah Haron’s reopened inquest were wrapped up in the Cape High Court yesterday. The anti-apartheid activist was detained for[…]
The four accused linked to the escape of convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester from Mangaung prison in May last year are expected to apply for bail in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court today. They include Bester’s girlfriend Dr Nandipha Magudumana, her father Zolile Sekeleni, IT expert Teboho Lipholo and dismissed G4S employee, Senohe[…]
The National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) has obtained an order to preserve assets relating to alleged corruption which cost Eskom’s Kusile Power Station R400m. The order was granted by the Pretoria high court on February 16 after allegations of unlawful activities, corruption and maladministration at the power[…]
Government is ramping up its efforts to comply with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s recommendations (TRC). It’s more than 24 years since the TRC recommended that prosecution be considered for perpetrators of Apartheid crimes where evidence existed and when amnesty was not sought or denied. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)[…]
Ntuzuma regional court on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man to life imprisonment for the rape of his stepdaughter in April last year. The 15-year-old was at her maternal grandmother’s house: “He lied to the grandmother that the girl’s mother was sick in hospital and he needed the child to go[…]
The family of Stellenbosch University student, Babalo Ndwayana, has welcomed a decision by the NPA to prosecute Theuns du Toit. Du Toit was expelled from the university earlier this year after a video of him urinating on Ndwayana’s belongings went viral. Race relations at the historically white institution were once[…]
LOCAL The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), as well as the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), have expressed a commitment to ensure accountability for those implicated in state capture corruption. This is revealed in a joint statement after the NPA’s National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Shamila Batohi and Hawks boss[…]
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