The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is expected to resume on Monday in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, following numerous delays. A new Judge is likely to take over after presiding Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela fell ill. Meyiwa was shot and killed in 2014 at the house of singer Kelly Khumalo in Vosloorus in Ekurhuleni. Five men are on trial for the murder of the former Bafana Bafana captain. During the last […]
LOCAL The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has been postponed to 14th November 2022. It is expected to continue until 2 December 2022 once it resumes. This week, the trial focused on the finer details leading to former Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa’s shooting. The trial was set down for 5 September to 16 September and Friday being the last day of that set of dates. Senzo Meyiwa Murder Trial: 16 September 2022 Witness could not […]
INTERNATIONAL Several Libyan families have filed a motion in a US court seeking tens of millions of dollars in compensation from Khalifa Haftar, commander of forces in the country's east, after the court ruled in late July that Haftar was liable for war crimes. The filing, seen by Middle East Eye, called for "$10 million for each decedent-estate and $5 million for each individual survivor" to compensate the three families who have accused the Libyan […]
The state is on Tuesday expected to wrap up its arguments on why an application for a special entry to be made on the record, that the state acted irregularly, should be dismissed in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial taking place at the High Court in Pretoria. Fisokuhle Ntuli, the fifth accused in the matter on Monday brought the application after the state disclosed a copy of the second docket which […]
LOCAL The man accused of the rape and murder of Tazne van Wyk, aged 8, from Elsies River will continue with his testimony in the High Court in Cape Town on Wednesday. Moyhdian Pangkaeker, again denied the murder charge against him in the dock on Tuesday. The accused previously pleaded not guilty to 27 charges. Tazne went missing in February 2019 from her home and her body was found in a […]
LOCAL The trial of Fees Must Fall activist Bonginkosi Khanyile on charges relating to the unrest in July last year, is due to start in the Durban Regional Court on Monday. Khanyile is one of 19 alleged instigators of violence during the unrest, who were arrested last year. He is facing charges of incitement to violence and contravening COVID-19 regulations that prohibited meetings at the time. During Khanyile’s bail application the state […]
The case against the three police officers arrested in connection with the murder of Eldorado Park teenager Nathaniel Julies has been postponed to August 3 for admissions. Constable Caylene Whiteboy and sergeants Simon Ndyalvane and Vorster Netshiongolo, who are all out on bail, appeared briefly at the high court sitting at the Palm Ridge magistrate’s court on Wednesday. Whiteboy’s legal representative was not in court due to family commitments and […]
The trial of five men accused of the murder of former Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa is expected resume in the High Court in Pretoria on Monday morning. The trial was postponed last Wednesday, as Advocate Zandile Mshololo for accused number 5 demanded an explanation from the NPA about why it decided to charge her client and four others, and seemingly ignored the other docket which implicates […]
Police Minister Bheki Cele says last year’s unrest in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng demonstrated the urgent need for police to rebuild relations with communities. Cele delivered the Police Department’s budget vote of more than R100 billion to the National Assembly for the 2022/23 financial year. He says R10 million will be allocated to community outreach programmes and an additional 4 000 members will be added to the public order […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
