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Emails sealed Sheryl Cwele’s fate
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
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’
Tessa Beetge.s mother now wants her daughter’s sentence reduced following the conviction of Sheryl Cwele.
Sheryl Cwele judgement on hold
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
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
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
Errors in transcripts of intercepted telephone calls on Tuesday halted the drug trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele.
Court rules no Skype in Cwele case
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
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’
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
Brazilian authorities have reduced by a year the jail sentence of convicted South African drug mule Tessa Beetge.
Bringing out drug mule ‘too risky’
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
Frank Nabolisa, the Nigerian national accused of working in cahoots with the wife of the state security minister, was denied bail on Thursday.