5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (356+ words) The plea and sentencing agreement proceedings at the Johannesburg magistrates’ court in the firearm-related case of alleged UK fugitive Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma have been postponed to Thursday. The triple-murder suspect pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of a firearm and…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (190+ words) The Tembe family say they feel comforted after the formal inquest into the death of Anele Tembe started in the Cape Town magistrate’s court on Monday. Anele died in April 2021 after falling from the 10th floor of the Pepperclub Hotel in…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (817+ words) “Leave me alone, get away from me.” These were the words Roberto Stefanutto told the Cape Town magistrate’s court he heard a woman scream moments before Anele Tembe fell from the 10th floor of the city’s Pepperclub Hotel in April 2021. The…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (593+ words) More than five years after the death of Anele Tembe, the Cape Town magistrate’s court on Monday began an inquest into the circumstances surrounding her fatal fall from the 10th floor of the Pepperclub Hotel in April 2021. A hotel employee told…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (559+ words) “My fiancée is gone. I will never see my fiancée again.” These were among the first words rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes allegedly said to a police officer who arrived at the Pepperclub Hotel in Cape Town, where Anele Tembe fell…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (350+ words) Composer and producer Lebohang “Lebo M” Morake is exploring other legal options after losing his defamation case against Zimbabwean comedian Learnmore Jonasi. In early March, Lebo M instituted a $27m (R435m) lawsuit in the US District Court for the Central District of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (138+ words) A police captain and a suspect died in a shootout during an operation in Knysna in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The captain, aged 50, was attached to the Western Cape tactical response team and deployed in the area as…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (219+ words) Four suspects appeared in the Mdantsane magistrate’s court on Tuesday in connection with the murder of renowned boxer Zolanio Tete and the attempted murder of his girlfriend. “Alleged hitmen Siphesihle Kolisa, 28, and Athandwa Gangala, 27, as well as alleged middleman Sinebongo…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (417+ words) The family of slain boxing champion Zolani “Last Born” Tete says it wants justice after the former two-division world champion was gunned down outside his Mdantsane home on Friday evening, as tributes continued to pour in from all over South…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (368+ words) Hong Kong’s High Court on Friday convicted two former leaders of a disbanded group that organised annual vigils marking Beijing’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. Once legal in China-ruled Hong Kong, the public commemorations were hailed as a symbol…...