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  1. LazyLion

    Elderly Woman and Child Killed in Eastern Cape

    A man has been arrested for raping and killing an elderly woman and stabbing to death her great granddaughter, Eastern Cape police said on Monday. Major Zamukulungisa Jozana said the 89-year-old woman and the five-year-old girl were sleeping in their hut in Elliotdale on Saturday night when...
  3. LazyLion

    Monster Trial to Resume

    The trial of alleged "Modimolle monster" Johan Kotze is scheduled to resume in the High Court in Pretoria on Monday. The trial was postponed in February so he could undergo further psychological tests. At the time, acting Judge Bert Bam said that when the trial resumed, it would run its...
  4. LazyLion

    Smuts Quits JSC

    A senior advocate quit the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on Friday amid disagreement on transformation of the bench. Isak Smuts, who was appointed to represent the advocates' profession in 2009, had been critical of the JSC for overlooking white males for judicial appointments. In a...
  5. LazyLion

    Bryce Moon Guilty of Culpable Homicide

    Soccer star Bryce Moon was found guilty of culpable homicide in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Friday, Eyewitness News reported. Magistrate Vincent Pienaar said Moon's version that he was not speeding when the accident happened was false. He pointed out differences with Moon's first...
  6. LazyLion

    Two Accused Shot Deat at Cape Town Court

    Two accused at the Atlantis Magistrate's Court in Cape Town were shot dead and another wounded as they waited outside during a break, it was reported on Friday. The Cape Times reported that the men, aged 23 and 28, were shot outside the court just after midday on Thursday. "The motive for...
  7. LazyLion

    Mogoeng Sends Male Candidate Packing

    Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng abruptly dismissed an aspiring judge on Thursday after he dithered when asked if female candidates should be given preference. Sinky Nkosi, an attorney in Nelspruit, was being interviewed in Cape Town by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) for a vacancy in the...
  8. LazyLion

    Three Life Sentences for Eastern Cape Rapist

    An Eastern Cape man has been given three life sentences for raping a girl in Makhaza location, Mooiplaas, in East London, police said on Wednesday. "The East London High Court handed down three life sentences yesterday [Tuesday] to 53-year-old Sbeke-beke Dyani for the repeated rape of a girl...
  9. LazyLion

    Alleged Lenasia Land Fraudsters Back in Court

    Two men alleged to have illegally sold land in Lenasia and Ennerdale will appear in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday, said the Gauteng housing department. "[They are] the suspected kingpins in the illegal sale of state land," said department spokesman Motsamai...
  10. LazyLion

    'Facebook Rapist' Sentence Reduced

    The 50-year jail term imposed on the so-called "Facebook Rapist" Thabo Bester was cut to 30 years on appeal in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday. Bester, 25, pleaded guilty to raping and robbing two women he lured to Durban with promises of modelling photo shoots, and was sentenced to...
  11. LazyLion

    Man in Court for Kemp Murder

    A Zimbabwean man appeared in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Friday in connection with the murder of former Lions rugby player Johan Kemp, said police. Chastauka Nyamayaro would be back in court on April 12 and remained in custody, said police spokesman Lt-Col Lungelo Dlamini. He was...
  12. LazyLion

    Rhino 'Syndicate Head' Attacks Journo

    A former policeman accused of being the head of a rhino horn smuggling syndicate attacked a journalist when he appeared in the Middelburg court, The Citizen reported on Friday. Moments after Middelburg Observer journalist Jana Boshoff took a photo of Joseph Nyalungu he hit her with documents...
  13. LazyLion

    Van Der Vyfer Ruling Overturned

    The police ministry has won an appeal against Fred van der Vyfer, who successfully sued the State for maliciously prosecuting him for the murder of his girlfriend Inge Lotz. The Supreme Court of Appeal on Thursday overturned an earlier finding by the Cape Town High Court that the ministry...
  14. LazyLion

    Boy 15, Jailed for Raping Sister

    A teenager was jailed for eight years by the Esikhawini Regional Court on Thursday for raping his younger sister, KwaZulu-Natal police said. The 15-year-old boy raped his six-year-old sister in December last year while their grandparents had gone to church, Captain Thulani Zwane said. The...
  15. LazyLion

    Five Appear for IFP Murder

    Five men accused of accused of killing an IFP supporter appeared briefly in the Durban Regional Court on Thursday. The matter was postponed to April 15 for Skhumbuzo Nxumalo's new attorney, Lungile Kheswa, to listen to recordings of the bail application proceedings. Mgezeni "Bhungu" Gwala...
  16. LazyLion

    Rapist Sentenced to Life

    The Ixopo Regional Court has handed a life sentence to a man convicted of raping a nine-year-old girl, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Thursday. Captain Thulani Zwane said the man, 24, raped the girl in July 2011 in Nokweja. The girl's mother had left her and her younger brother alone to...
  17. LazyLion

    Northcliff Siblings Murder Case Resumed

    Two men accused of brutally murdering a brother and sister in Northcliff appear in Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. The Star reported that Kenneth Schroder, 53, and Paul Mundel, 39, were each granted bail of R15,000 on February 5. Siblings Gary Smith and Karen Buchanan were...
  18. LazyLion

    KZN Rapists Jailed

    The Pietermaritzburg High Court has handed life sentences to two men found guilty of rape, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Tuesday. Captain Thulani Zwane said the men were sentenced on Monday after they were convicted of a rape and robbery in Maphumulo in August 2010. "Siyabonga Mathebula...
  19. LazyLion

    KZN Man Jailed for Killing his Wife

    A man was jailed for life by the Ezinqoleni Regional Court on Wednesday for killing his wife with a spear, KwaZulu-Natal police said. Captain Thulani Zwane said Sifiso Freeman Mkhize, 37, stabbed his 26-year-old wife 25 times, and also tried to slit her throat, in November last year. He...
  20. LazyLion

    KZN Woman Jailed for Murder

    A woman who stabbed another woman to death was sentenced by the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, KwaZulu-Natal police said. Captain Thulani Zwane said 30-year-old Ncamisile Sokhela was sentenced to 15 years in prison. She fatally stabbed Thembelihle Buthelezi during a...
  21. LazyLion

    Northern Cape Man Jailed for Rape, Murder

    A 29-year-old man was sentenced to two life terms in jail for murder and rape by the Richmond Magistrate's Court in the Northern Cape, the NPA said on Wednesday. National Prosecuting Authority regional spokesman Phaladi Shuping said James Matroos of Middelburg in the Eastern Cape was...
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