Pretoria Magistrate

Training the NPA’s next prosecutors

The aspirant prosecutors programme, on hold for years because of lack of funds, has started up again, creating a pool of future prosecutors

Franny Rabkin

6 min read

During a previous court appearance the accused’s lawyer, Riaan du Plessis, told the court that there was a need to explore the mental state of his client at the time of the alleged incident. (Gemma Ritchie/M&G)

DROS

2 OCT 2018

‘Dros rapist’: No bail application, pictures can be taken in court

Magistrate Mali Mokwena ruled that the media may take still photographs 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after court proceedings.

Gemma Ritchie

3 min read

Luyanda Themba Tshabalala ‘was very clever at school. [He] was a quiet boy who loved studying.’

ARIELLE SCHWARTZ

7 JUN 2018

Father who shot son to appear in court

The 50-year-old was arrested on Wednesday morning following the shooting of Luyanda Themba Tshabalala

Arielle Schwartz

1 min read

OSCAR PISTORIUS

19 FEB 2013

Women protest outside Oscar Pistorius bail hearing

A group of women have protested at the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court where murder-accused athletics star Oscar Pistorius’s bail hearing is taking place.

Sapa

2 min read

FIRES

28 OCT 2010

Blaze closes Pretoria Magistrate’s Court

A blaze that ripped through the third floor of the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday brought the wheels of justice to a halt.

Giordano Stolley