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Tessa Beetge

Emails sealed Sheryl Cwele’s fate
Article
/ 5 October 2012

Emails sealed Sheryl Cwele’s fate

Correspondence shows that Sheryl Cwele clearly knew about the plans to bring drugs into South Africa, writes Glynnis Underhill.

By Glynis Underhill
Sheryl Cwele’s appeal gives mule new hope
Article
/ 9 August 2012

Sheryl Cwele’s appeal gives mule new hope

The mother of drug mule Tessa Beetge hopes the court will uphold Sheryl Cwele’s conviction so her daughter might be freed from a Brazil jail sooner.

By Glynis Underhill
‘I’d do it over and over again’
Article
/ 13 May 2011

‘I’d do it over and over again’

Tessa Beetge.s mother now wants her daughter’s sentence reduced following the conviction of Sheryl Cwele.

By Glynnis Underhill
Sheryl Cwele judgement on hold
Article
/ 4 May 2011

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.

By Niren Tolsi
Cwele to apply for withdrawal of drug charges
Article
/ 8 March 2011

Cwele to apply for withdrawal of drug charges

Sheryl Cwele will on Wednesday apply for the withdrawal of drug trafficking charges before she takes the stand at the KwaZulu-Natal High Court.

By Bongani Mthembu
Shoplifting witness questioned in Cwele drug trial
Article
/ 7 March 2011

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.

By Niren Tolsi
Transcript errors halt Cwele case
Article
/ 14 December 2010

Transcript errors halt Cwele case

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

By Staff Reporter
Court rules no Skype in Cwele case
Article
/ 13 December 2010

Court rules no Skype in Cwele case

The Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday ruled against the State’s application to have a witness testify from Brazil via Skype.

By Staff Reporter
Cwele case: Judge allows intercepted calls
Article
/ 13 December 2010

Cwele case: Judge allows intercepted calls

Judge Piet Koene has ruled that intercepted cellphone calls were admissible as evidence in the case involving the state security minister’s wife.

By Staff Reporter
Drug mule says Sheryl Cwele must face ‘consequences’
Article
/ 3 November 2010

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.

By Staff Reporter
Drug mule’s sentence reduced on appeal
Article
/ 29 October 2010

Drug mule’s sentence reduced on appeal

Brazilian authorities have reduced by a year the jail sentence of convicted South African drug mule Tessa Beetge.

By Glynnis Underhill and Niren Tolsi
Bringing out drug mule ‘too risky’
Article
/ 22 October 2010

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.

By Glynnis Underhill and Niren Tolsi
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Article
/ 25 February 2010

Cwele’s co-accused denied bail

Frank Nabolisa, the Nigerian national accused of working in cahoots with the wife of the state security minister, was denied bail on Thursday.

By Bongani Mthembu

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