Correspondence shows that Sheryl Cwele clearly knew about the plans to bring drugs into South Africa, writes Glynnis Underhill.

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.

Tessa Beetge.s mother now wants her daughter’s sentence reduced following the conviction of Sheryl Cwele.

Judgement in the Sheryl Cwele drug-trafficking trial was postponed on Wednesday after the state submitted an application to have the case reopened.

Sheryl Cwele will on Wednesday apply for the withdrawal of drug trafficking charges before she takes the stand at the KwaZulu-Natal High Court.

The cocaine trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele resumed on Monday with her lawyer attempting to further discredit state witness Charmaine Moss.

Errors in transcripts of intercepted telephone calls on Tuesday halted the drug trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele.

The Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday ruled against the State’s application to have a witness testify from Brazil via Skype.

Judge Piet Koene has ruled that intercepted cellphone calls were admissible as evidence in the case involving the state security minister’s wife.

Sheryl Cwele, wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, should be the one having sleepless nights, drug mule Tessa Beetge said on Tuesday.

Brazilian authorities have reduced by a year the jail sentence of convicted South African drug mule Tessa Beetge.

Brazilian authorities were willing to send drug mule Tessa Beetge to testify in person in the sensational drug trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele.

Frank Nabolisa, the Nigerian national accused of working in cahoots with the wife of the state security minister, was denied bail on Thursday.