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Eight-year-old Tazne Van Wyk who was found dead in a drainpipe outside the town of Worcester. (Jaco Marais)

Tazné van Wyk murder trial concludes, judgment expected next month

Man accused of the rape and murder of the young girl still maintains his innocence

Eight-year-old Tazne Van Wyk who was found dead in a drainpipe outside the town of Worcester. (Jaco Marais)

Tazné van Wyk murder trial: Witness says the accused was in the area on the day the girl disappeared

Police witness struggles to recall details of murder investigation because of memory loss caused by Covid-19 infection

Simon ‘Scorpion’ Nyalvane, Caylene Whiteboy and Vorster Netshiongolo appear at Palm Ridge Magistrates Court. (Photo by Gallo Images/OJ Koloti)

Nathaniel Julies trial: New evidence against senior in command, ‘Scorpion’

State witness Mandla Sithole’s testimony has again unveiled the scant regard for protocol or the rule of law by police officers

The three police officers accused of killing 16 year old Nathaneil Julies appears at Protea Magistrate’s Court for bail ruling on September 28, 2020 in Soweto, South Africa. It is reported that the trio accused in the Nathaniel Julies murder case was denied bail. The matter was postponed to 6 November for further investigation. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

One state witness is a no-show as Julies killer cops’ trial resumes

Nathaniel Julies’ murder accused Caylene Whiteboy was a junior reservist who graduated from college less than a year before the incident

Nathaniel Julies’s parents look on during the bail hearing of the three accused of killing him in 2021. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Trial of police up for Nathaniel Julies’ murder delayed yet again

The judge ordered a 30-minute break for one of the accused to consult his lawyer

‘I‘m scared’: Viwe Dalingozi died two days after she was doused in petrol and set alight, allegedly by her then boyfriend, Mpho Tobane

No justice yet for Viwe Dalingozi

The wheels of justice rolled once more in the murder case against the boyfriend who allegedly set her on fire — only for it to be postponed again

Former apartheid security police officer João Rodrigues, who was charged with the murder of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol in 1971, died at his home on Monday. (Anthony Schultz/M&G)

Application denied: Rodrigues to stand trial for Timol murder

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

(Tiro Ramatlhatse/Sowetan/Gallo Images)

Coligny ‘sunflower’ killers sentenced

Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte will spend 18 and 23 years in jail for murdering a teenager who they claimed stole sunflowers from their farm

The developments in 79-year-old Rodrigues’ case offers hope to other families in a similar position to the Timols. (Anthony Schultz/M&G)

Apartheid cop to finally stand trial for Timol murder

João Rodrigues, who is accused of murdering anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol in police custody in 1971, will stand trial in 2019

Dewani ‘perfectionist, calculated and controlling’- defence

Shrien Dewani’s defence cross-examines Anni Dewani’s cousin, Sneha Mashru, about her testimony to British police after the fatal hijacking in 2010.

Oscar trial: Expert questions state’s evidence

Ballistics expert Thomas Wolmarans highlighted differences between his conclusion and the state’s while testifying at Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial.

Oscar Pistorius.

Oscar trial: Defence pathologist won’t testify

A pathologist hired by Oscar Pistorius says he won’t testify at the murder trial amid suggestions his post-mortem findings supports the prosecution.

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Oscar trial: Nel rips into expert’s testimony

Prosecutor Gerrie Nel criticised evidence presented in Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial by defence witness Roger Dixon.

Oscar maintains he intended to shoot an intruder

After a week of testifying, Oscar Pistorius says he was innocent of intentionally shooting his girfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius during his initial initial murder trial.

Nel concludes Pistorius cross-examination

Before ending his cross-examination, prosecutor Gerrie Nel questioned Oscar Pistorius over what he heard and did before he shot Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius during his initial initial murder trial.

Oscar trial: Pistorius didn’t look at Steenkamp

Oscar Pistorius has told court he never looked at Reeva Steenkamp before he rushed to confront a suspected intruder.

As the dust settles around the Oscar Pistorius saga we reflect on how South Africa got here and what we missed along the way.

More to the Pistorius trial than facile ‘cricket’ commentary

If the accused intended to kill A rather than B but did kill B, murder could be a competent verdict.

Oscar Pistorius.

Oscar trial: Connecting shots heard to ballistic analysis

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

Oscar Pistorius was jailed in October last year

Oscar trial: Day 12 hears evidence may have been moved

Photographs taken by Warrant Officer Barend van Staden indicates the cricket bat, allegedly used to break down the toilet door, was moved.

Pistorius trial: Cop admits to evidence botch

A former police officer has testified that evidence was mishandled on the scene were Oscar Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp.