Latest articles on Tessa Beetge

Emails sealed Sheryl Cwele’s fate

Article Glynis Underhill - 5 Oct 2012

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

Sheryl Cwele’s appeal gives mule new hope

Article Glynis Underhill - 9 Aug 2012

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.

‘I’d do it over and over again’

Article Staff Reporter - 13 May 2011

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

Sheryl Cwele judgement on hold

Article Niren Tolsi - 4 May 2011

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

Cwele to apply for withdrawal of drug charges

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Mar 2011

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

Shoplifting witness questioned in Cwele drug trial

Article Niren Tolsi - 7 Mar 2011

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

Transcript errors halt Cwele case

Article Staff Reporter - 14 Dec 2010

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

Court rules no Skype in Cwele case

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Dec 2010

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

Cwele case: Judge allows intercepted calls

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Dec 2010

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

Drug mule says Sheryl Cwele must face ‘consequences’

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Nov 2010

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

Drug mule’s sentence reduced on appeal

Article Niren Tolsi - 29 Oct 2010

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

Bringing out drug mule ‘too risky’

Article Niren Tolsi - 22 Oct 2010

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

Cwele’s co-accused denied bail

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Feb 2010

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

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