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Murder Charges

Violence exacts huge toll on lives and a R1bn loss in the freight sector
Article
/ 5 September 2019

Violence exacts huge toll on lives and a R1bn loss in the freight sector

The Road Freight Association puts the cost of the ongoing attacks on trucks at about R1.2-billion with 1 200 vehicles and cargo destroyed

By Thando Maeko
Application denied: Rodrigues to stand trial for Timol murder
Article
/ 3 June 2019

Application denied: Rodrigues to stand trial for Timol murder

João ‘Jan’ Rodrigues’ application for a stay of prosecution has been dismissed. He will stand trial for the 1971 murder of activist Ahmed Timol

By Aaisha Dadi Patel
Christchurch accused to face 50 murder charges
Article
/ 4 April 2019

Christchurch accused to face 50 murder charges

Christchurch gunman Brenton Tarrant will face 50 charges of murder and 39 charges of attempted murder

By Agency
Officer in Ahmed Timol case to appear in court on murder charge
Article
/ 29 July 2018

Officer in Ahmed Timol case to appear in court on murder charge

Almost 46 years since his death, the high court last year found that Timol died at the hands of apartheid security branch police while in detention

By Jeanette Chabalala and Alex Mitchley
Oscar Pistorius’s murder sentence increased to 13 years
Article
/ 24 November 2017

Oscar Pistorius’s murder sentence increased to 13 years

The SCA in Bloemfontein has sentenced former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius to 13 years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

By Jeanette Chabalala
#lionmama raises funds for woman who stabbed daughter’s rapists
Article
/ 12 September 2017

#lionmama raises funds for woman who stabbed daughter’s rapists

She was charged with murder and attempted murder, but South Africans are pitching in to fund the ‘lionmama’s’ legal fees.

By Jenna Etheridge
Former Blue Bulls player convicted of murder
Article
/ 26 September 2014

Former Blue Bulls player convicted of murder

Former rugby player Phindile Joseph Ntshongwana knew it was wrong when he killed his four victims with an axe, the Durban High Court ruled.

By Sapa
Tragic lesson of the Oscar Pistorius trial
Africa
/ 12 September 2014

Tragic lesson of the Oscar Pistorius trial

The African sense of kinship is more forgiving, but also very insular, writes Lee Mwiti.

By Lee Mwiti
SCA rules Mdluli may face murder charges again
Article
/ 17 April 2014

SCA rules Mdluli may face murder charges again

While corruption and fraud charges may be set aside, according to the Supreme Court of Appeal, Richard Mdluli could face murder charges again.

By Sally Evans
Oscar trial: Connecting shots heard to ballistic analysis
Article
/ 19 March 2014

Oscar trial: Connecting shots heard to ballistic analysis

The prosecutor has attempted to align what witness Michelle Burger heard to a ballistic analyst’s reconstruction of Reeva Steenkamp’s last moments.

By Sapa
Pistorius investigators get meeting with Apple
Article
/ 27 February 2014

Pistorius investigators get meeting with Apple

Prosecutors in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial have secured a meeting with Apple officials in the US over accessing evidence on his locked iPhone.

By Gerald Imray
Pistorius case: Steenkamp family seeks closure
Article
/ 11 February 2014

Pistorius case: Steenkamp family seeks closure

As the anniversary of Reeva Steenkamp’s death approaches, the family of Oscar Pistorius’s slain girlfriend says they would like closure.

By Sapa
Police prepared for upcoming Pistorius trial
Article
/ 5 February 2014

Police prepared for upcoming Pistorius trial

Police say they are prepared for the trial of murder-accused Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, which is set to begin next month.

By Genevieve Quintal
No image available
Article
/ 27 May 2009

Kunene body double did a bad job, says court

The body double the police allegedly used to frame IT consultant Muzi Kunene of murder did a bad job, the high court in Bloemfontein said on Wednesday

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 15 April 2009

Taxi driver to face murder charge

Pretoria minibus taxi driver, Percyval Matji, who allegedly drove over and killed a schoolgirl, will face a murder charge.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 17 February 2009

‘Son of God’ released on bail

Lotter murder accused Mathew Naidoo was on Tuesday released on R20 000 bail by a Pinetown regional magistrate.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 3 February 2009

‘Son of God’ makes second bail application

A Durban man described by his co-accused as the ”Son of God” on Tuesday made another application for bail in the Pinetown Regional Court.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 20 January 2009

Bouncer accused of murder out on R500 bail

An East London bouncer accused of killing a 35-year-old man at a nightclub was on Monday released on R500 bail

By Staff Reporter

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