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Desiree Liebenberg's bail appeal rejected

The wife of controversial diamond dealer Louis Liebenberg was for a second time refused bail. The Pretoria High Court found that she remains a flight risk.

Cape Times News
Zelda Venter|Published

Desiree Liebenberg's bail appeal rejected by the high court

The wife of controversial diamond dealer Louis Liebenberg was for a second time refused bail. The Pretoria High Court found that she remains a flight risk.

News Crime and Courts
Zelda Venter|Published

Diamond dealer Louis Liebenberg back in C-Max as bail application postponed again

Louis Liebenberg, accused of orchestrating a R4 billion diamond investment fraud, has been sent back to C-Max Prison after his bail application was postponed yet again due to consultation difficulties with his legal team. The court has now set a firm July deadline, warning that the repeatedly delayed bail hearing must proceed after months of postponements.

News Crime and Courts
Zelda Venter|Published

Police captain faces court over theft of R1 million from Crime Intelligence offices

SAPS Captain Ntombekhaya August faces serious charges of theft and obstructing justice after allegedly stealing over R1 million from crime intelligence offices.

News Crime and Courts
Ntombizodwa Dlamini|Published

MK Party's Bonginkosi Khanyile breaks his silence from a jail cell: 'I am strong'

Bonginkosi Khanyile claims to have fought against Jacob Zuma's unjust treatment in the July 2021 unrest.

News Crime and Courts
Xolile Mtembu|Published

Cape Town court bars Chidimma Adetshina's mother from permanent residency over identity fraud

Anabela Rungo, mother of ex-Miss South Africa contestant Chidimma Adetshina, has been barred from applying for permanent residency in South Africa.

News South Africa Western Cape
Se-Anne Rall|Published

Hawks widen net in search for alleged cop killer believed to be hiding in KwaZulu-Natal

Police intensify manhunt for Prince Gift Mdluli, wanted for the murder of Mpumalanga police officer Lieutenant Colonel Piet Pretorius.

News South Africa Kwazulu Natal
Se-Anne Rall|Published

Two men charged with the murder of Springs police officer Captain Wynand du Toit

Nthuthuzelo Mana and Sipho Benjamin Ntuli face serious charges in connection with the tragic murder of police officer Wynand du Toit, who was killed during a supermarket robbery in Springs.

News South Africa Gauteng
Se-Anne Rall|Published

Court denies bail for Gauteng couple charged with child porn distribution

Randburg Magistrate denies bal for couple accused of distributing child porn.

News South Africa Gauteng
Se-Anne Rall|Published

Darren Govender granted R200,000 bail, brother Ferrel denied bail in the Shailen Singh murder case

Ferrel Govender has been denied bail while his brother Darren has been granted bail in connection with the murder of Umhlanga businessman Shailen Singh.

News South Africa Kwazulu Natal
Jolene Marriah-Maharaj|Published

Stilfontein corruption: Police officers arrested in kingpin escape case

Four police officers have been arrested on charges of aiding the escape of Stilfontein kingpin Neo James Tiger Tshwaeli, raising serious concerns about police corruption in the region.

News Crime and Courts
Xolile Mtembu|Published

Shailen Singh murder: Why the State believes the Govender brothers should be denied bail

The State is opposing the bail application of Ferrel Govender and his brother Darren Govender. The State believes that if granted bail the accused will attempt to evade trial.

News South Africa Kwazulu Natal
Jolene Marriah-Maharaj|Published

State alleges Shailen Singh was killed allegedly because he was dating a Govender brother's girlfriend

The State has alleged that Shailen Singh was killed because he was in a romantic relationship with the girlfriend of one of the men accused of his murder.

News South Africa Kwazulu Natal
Jolene Marriah-Maharaj|Published

Second bail application for AKA and Tibz murder accused denied by Durban court

The Durban Magistrate's Court has turned down a renewed bail application by two men accused of murdering Kiernan 'AKA' Forbes and Tebello 'Tibz' Motsoane.

News South Africa
Se-Anne Rall|Published

Women, arrested for allegedly drugging and robbing elderly Phoenix man, released on bail

The two women arrested and charged for allegedly robbing a Verulam pensioner last year have been released on bail.

News South Africa
Se-Anne Rall|Published

Two accused in AKA, Tibz murders renew bid for bail based on new facts

Mziwethemba Harvy Gwabeni and Lindokuhle Ndimande, two of the men accused of killing AKA and Tibz, are back in the Durban Magistrate's Court on Thursday for a fresh bail application.

News South Africa
Se-Anne Rall|Updated

Man out on bail for cop murder rearrested for robbery in a hijacked Mercedes-Benz

Tshwane Metro Police officers received a report about five suspects driving a dark grey Mercedez Benz and going around the community allegedly robbing people at gun point.

News Crime and Courts
Sinenhlanhla Masilela|Published

School administration clerk caught red-handed helping herself to primary school's R177,000

Refilwe Seabelo, 35, an administration clerk at SG Ntuane Primary School in Tlhatlhaganyane Village is accused of stealing from the school R177,000 in the North West.

News Crime and Courts
Xolile Mtembu|Published