Murder Charges

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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