Errors in transcripts of intercepted telephone calls on Tuesday halted the drug trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele.
The Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday ruled against the State’s application to have a witness testify from Brazil via Skype.
Judge Piet Koene has ruled that intercepted cellphone calls were admissible as evidence in the case involving the state security minister’s wife.
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 have reduced by a year the jail sentence of convicted South African drug mule Tessa Beetge.
The <em>M&G</em> speaks to three women who are serving time at a Johannesburg prison after being arrested for drug smuggling.
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.
Tessa Beegte, imprisoned in the drug-trafficking case involving Sheryl Cwele, was not surprised when drugs were found in her luggage, court has heard.
The state on Monday called a Brazilian chemical expert as a witness at the drug-trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele.
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/ 15 October 2010
It was a process more drawn out, and only marginally less painful, than trying to pass a 5kg block of the "devil’s dandruff".
Tessa Beetge, the KZN woman imprisoned in Brazil for drug trafficking, was recruited by the wife of the state security minister, a court has heard.
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.
The drug-trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele, wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, will begin on October 11, a court heard on Friday.
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/ 12 February 2010
State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele and his wife Sheryl enjoyed a holiday in Mozambique last year, contradicting claims that they are estranged.
Sheryl Cwele, the wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, was granted bail of R100 000 by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday.
Drug mule’s mother reveals how minister’s wife was the brains behind the cocaine-trafficking operation.
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/ 5 February 2010
The testimonies of a telecommunications expert and two alleged drug mules will form the backbone of the state’s drug case against Sheryl Cwele.
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/ 5 February 2010
Wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, Sheryl, should not be granted bail because she is a flight risk, the state argued on Thursday.
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/ 4 February 2010
The state security department has declined to comment on the drug charges against Sheryl Cwele, the wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele.
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/ 2 February 2010
Sheryl Cwele (50), wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, has denied being involved in drug trafficking.
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/ 1 February 2010
Bail application papers for Sheryl Cwele (50), wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, will be filed on Tuesday.
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/ 29 January 2010
Sheryl Cwele (50), wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, appeared on charges of drug dealing in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday.
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/ 29 January 2010
Sheryl Cwele, wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, has been arrested and appeared in the court on Friday afternoon.