The Constitutional Court has reduced convicted drug dealer Sheryl Cwele’s prison term from 20 years to 12 years, says a report.
The Constitutional Court has upheld convicted drug dealer Frank Nabolisa’s appeal to have an increased sentence scrapped.
The ConCourt will rule on Wednesday on Frank Nabolisa’s appeal, Sheryl Cwele’s co-accused in drug dealing, against an increase in his prison sentence.
Frank Nabolisa’s request for leave to appeal his conviction hasn’t been granted but he may apply for leave to appeal his sentence.
Sheryl Cwele’s partner in crime, Frank Nabolisa, has filed papers in the ConCourt, requesting leave to appeal against his conviction for drug dealing.
A disciplinary hearing for convicted drug dealer Sheryl Cwele — wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele — has been scheduled for Wednesday.
The first reaction to Sheryl Cwele’s sentencing for drug dealing has come through calling for the minister of state security to step down or be fired.
Sheryl Cwele, the wife of state security minister Siyabonga Cwele, sat stony faced in the dock as Judge Piet Koen convicted her of dealing in cocaine.
Sheryl Cwele, the wife of the state security minister, and her co-accused Frank Nabolisa were sentenced to 12 years for drug dealing on Friday.
The Pietermaritzburg High Court on Thursday ruled against the state’s application to have its drug-trafficking case against Sheryl Cwele reopened.
Judgement in the Sheryl Cwele drug-trafficking trial was postponed on Wednesday after the state submitted an application to have the case reopened.
The Pietermaritzburg High Court is expected to deliver judgement in the drug trafficking case involving the wife of the state security minister.
Drug-trafficking accused Sheryl Cwele and her Nigerian co-accused Frank Nabolisa will know their fate on May 4.
The cocaine trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele resumed on Monday with her lawyer attempting to further discredit state witness Charmaine Moss.
Errors in transcripts of intercepted telephone calls on Tuesday halted the drug trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele.
Sheryl Cwele, wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, should be the one having sleepless nights, drug mule Tessa Beetge said on Tuesday.
Brazilian authorities were willing to send drug mule Tessa Beetge to testify in person in the sensational drug trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele.
The state intends producing intercepted calls between drug-trafficking accused Sheryl Cwele and convicted drug mule Tessa Beetge, a court has heard.
The plodding drug-trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele was given an air of glamour on Monday as two Brazilian witnesses took to the stand.
The drug-trafficking trial of the state security minister’s wife could not continue on Tuesday because a state witness was in a poor emotional state.
Three Brazilians will testify in the drug-trafficking case against Sheryl Cwele, wife of the state security minister, a court heard on Monday.
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/ 25 February 2010
Frank Nabolisa, the Nigerian national accused of working in cahoots with the wife of the state security minister, was denied bail on Thursday.