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Concourt reduces Sheryl Cwele’s sentence by 8 years

The Constitutional Court has reduced convicted drug dealer Sheryl Cwele’s prison term from 20 years to 12 years, says a report.

Cwele co-accused’s drug-dealing 20-year sentence overturned

The Constitutional Court has upheld convicted drug dealer Frank Nabolisa’s appeal to have an increased sentence scrapped.

Judgment expected in Nabolisa sentencing appeal

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.

Sheryl Cwele’s partner in crime

Nabolisa to appeal sentence for dealing in drugs

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

Sheryl’s partner in crime to appeal against drug conviction

Sheryl Cwele’s partner in crime, Frank Nabolisa, has filed papers in the ConCourt, requesting leave to appeal against his conviction for drug dealing.

Cwele on the carpet after drug-dealing conviction

Cwele on the carpet after drug-dealing conviction

A disciplinary hearing for convicted drug dealer Sheryl Cwele — wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele — has been scheduled for Wednesday.

Opposition parties want Cwele out

Opposition parties want Cwele out

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.

Cwele guilty of drug dealing

Cwele guilty of drug dealing

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.

Cwele sentenced to 12 years for drug dealing

Cwele sentenced to 12 years for drug dealing

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.

Court rules against reopening Cwele case

Court rules against reopening Cwele case

The Pietermaritzburg High Court on Thursday ruled against the state’s application to have its drug-trafficking case against Sheryl Cwele reopened.

Sheryl Cwele loses municipal job after drug conviction

Sheryl Cwele judgement on hold

Judgement in the Sheryl Cwele drug-trafficking trial was postponed on Wednesday after the state submitted an application to have the case reopened.

Court rules against reopening Cwele case

Judgement day for Sheryl Cwele

The Pietermaritzburg High Court is expected to deliver judgement in the drug trafficking case involving the wife of the state security minister.

Court rules against reopening Cwele case

Cwele drug-trafficking judgement due on May 4

Drug-trafficking accused Sheryl Cwele and her Nigerian co-accused Frank Nabolisa will know their fate on May 4.

Opposition parties want Cwele out

Shoplifting witness questioned in Cwele drug trial

The cocaine trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele resumed on Monday with her lawyer attempting to further discredit state witness Charmaine Moss.

Sheryl Cwele’s disciplinary hearing under way

Transcript errors halt Cwele case

Errors in transcripts of intercepted telephone calls on Tuesday halted the drug trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele.

Drug mule says Sheryl Cwele must face ‘consequences’

Drug mule says Sheryl Cwele must face ‘consequences’

Sheryl Cwele, wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, should be the one having sleepless nights, drug mule Tessa Beetge said on Tuesday.

Bringing out drug mule ‘too risky’

Bringing out drug mule ‘too risky’

Brazilian authorities were willing to send drug mule Tessa Beetge to testify in person in the sensational drug trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele.

Cwele trial to hear argument over intercepted calls

The state intends producing intercepted calls between drug-trafficking accused Sheryl Cwele and convicted drug mule Tessa Beetge, a court has heard.

Cwele trial told of drugs bust

Cwele trial told of drugs bust

The plodding drug-trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele was given an air of glamour on Monday as two Brazilian witnesses took to the stand.

Cwele drugs-trial witness ‘in poor emotional state’

Cwele drugs-trial witness ‘in poor emotional state’

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.