It had been expected that on Friday the Pietermaritzburg High Court would sentence a 36-year-old social worker who was convicted of killing his six relatives including a 10-year-old boy and 17-year-old matric pupil however his sentencing was postponed to October.
On Friday the Pietermaritzburg High Court will sentence a 36-year-old social worker who was convicted of killing his six relatives including a 10-year-old boy and 17-year-old matric pupil.
The teen who was allegedly killed by her mother was raised by her father in Johannesburg since she was 4 years old and had been living with her mother for a year before the murder.
Octavia and Christopher Khumalo, their daughter Mbali Khumalo, 37, and her son Thabo Khumalo, 10, and their relatives, Nothile Khumalo, 17, and Elihle Sigampu, were shot and killed allegedly by Christopher’s nephew Sthembiso Mthimkhulu. He was found guilty of the murders in the Pietermaritzburg High Court.
Ncamisile Evarista Hlophe is expected to appear again in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court in October, this is after her case was postponed on Wednesday. She is charged with the murder of her 14-year-old daughter, Luvuyo Tafadzwe Bera.
The pre-trial conference for two Durban alleged hitmen continues on Thursday in the Durban High Court. The two are charged with 15 murders.
In a little over a week, the trial against a former police constable who is charged with the murder of his mother will be heard in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court.
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu said police involved in fatal shoot outs with criminals are doing what they were trained to do, keeping themselves alive using their firearms. He also highlighted the importance of officers doing this within the perimeter of the law.
While it would not bring her daughter back the mother of a woman who was stabbed over 20 times by her ex-boyfriend hoped he was dealt a lengthy sentence by the Durban Magistrate’s Court next month. The accused pleaded guilty to the murder.
Police were yet to re-arrest a man accused of kidnapping, murdering, mutilating the face of his victim, and burning then throwing the body off a cliff, after he failed to be in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court and his warrant of arrest was authorised.
The alleged mastermind behind the kidnapping of his neighbour’s child, who was held for R1 million ransom, recently arrived at the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court without his attorney being ready to set a trial date as he was still awaiting statements to prepare.
The unavailability of a defence witness in the trial against a pensioner charged with murder in an apparent road rage incident has seen the continuation of the trial postponed again in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court.
The family of an 80-year-old woman who was beheaded allegedly by her grandson has called for justice adding that the accused deserved to remain behind bars. On Tuesday the accused appeared in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court where he abandoned his bail for the second time.
A 31-year-old Pinetown man accused of beheading his 80-year-old grandmother remains behind bars as he struggles to secure a home should he be granted bail. On Tuesday the man abandoned bail for the second time in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court.
In October, the Durban Magistrate’s Court is to hear sentencing proceedings for an Eastern Cape man who on Friday pleaded guilty to stabbing his girlfriend 25 times, killing her, in Durban in December.
The mother of a taxi driver who was sentenced to two life terms for raping and killing a 17-year-old girl hugged and kissed him after his sentence in the Durban High Court on Thursday.
Samkelo Victus Dube was sentenced in the Durban High Court on Thursday for the rape and murder of 17-year-old Grade 11 pupil Sibahle Faith Biyela.
The Durban High Court found that the taxi driver whom it convicted of the murder and rape of a 17-year-old girl had been fabricating his version throughout the trial.
Samkelo Victus Dube has been found guilty of raping and killing a teen girl by the Durban High Court on Wednesday. Dube had been drinking with the teen and had made romantic advances to her but was rejected.
Nearly four years since 17-year-old Sibahle Faith Biyela was found dead and naked in the home of taxi driver Samkelo Victus Dube. On Wednesday the Durban High Court will hand down judgment to Dube who has been on trial for the teen’s murder and rape.
A taxi driver alleged to have raped and killed a 17-year-old in 2020 will know his fate on Wednesday when the Durban High Court makes a ruling on his innocence or guilt.
When the trial into the rape and murder of a 17-year-old continues on Tuesday in the Durban High Court, the State and defence will address the court on the merits of the case ahead of judgment.
On Monday the trial into the murder and rape of a 17-year-old girl continued in the Durban High Court where the investigating officer while on the stand accused Samkelo Dube who is charged with murder of lying.
A man who is yet to go on trial for the alleged murder of the husband of a Nongoma NFP councillor was convicted and sentenced in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court for an unrelated case.
The ten-year sentence wholly suspended for five that was born from a plea agreement left a bitter taste in the mouths of the friends of a security guard who died after being beaten and poisoned.
