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High Court date set for sugarcane murders trial

A 36-year old man, accused of murdering eleven KwaZulu-Natal women and dumping their bodies in sugarcane fields, will be tried in the Ramsgate High Court. Thozamile Taki and his…

  • Giordano Stolley
2 min read
GIEL VAN AARDE

Sugar-cane murders case postponed in court

The case against a 36-year-old man, accused of murdering 11 KwaZulu-Natal women and dumping their bodies in sugar-cane fields, was postponed on Monday in the Umzinto Magistrate’s…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
COMMISSION ON GENDER EQUALITY

Sugar-cane murder accused appear in court

The case against a 36-year-old man accused of murdering 10 KwaZulu-Natal women and dumping their bodies in sugar-cane fields was remanded on Friday in the Umzinto Magistrate’s…

  • Giordano Stolley
3 min read
DURBAN

Charges dropped against accused in KZN murders

Charges against a man accused of participating in the murder of ten KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) women were withdrawn in the Umzinto Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. The state has…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
BONGANI KHANYILE

Two more bodies found in KZN sugar-cane fields

Another two bodies have been found in the sugar-cane fields near the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) town of Umzinto, police confirmed on Friday. Spokesperson Superintendent Zandra Hechter…

  • Staff Reporter
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CHRISTELLE ROSSOUW

Sugar-cane killing accused to apply for bail

The case against two men and a woman accused of abducting and murdering five women whose bodies were found in sugar-cane fields on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast was on Wednesday…

  • Giordano Stolley
2 min read