Hillary Gardee was the daughter of EFF Deputy President Goldich Gardee. Legal Aid Board Manager in Nelspruit, Mavis Moloi, has informed the Mpumalanga High Court that they will not be sourcing a judicare lawyer for convicted murderer Rassie Nkune. Nkune is on trial for the 2022 murder of Hillary Gardee. Moloi was summoned to court…
FILE | Ballistics analysis. The AK47 rifle that was found in possession of murder accused Katiso “KT” Molefe and Warrant Officer Pule Tau in Bramley, Johannesburg, has been linked to the murders of DJ Sumbody, DJ Vintos and Don Tindleni. The weapon was found after Vereeniging Engineer Armand Swart was gunned down. This is according…
FILE: Illegal miners getting arrested. The Johannesburg Metropolice K-9 unit and the Hawks have, during a raid, uncovered an illegal gold refinery operating in Booysens, Johannesburg. The facility is believed to be a key processing hub for Zama Zama cartels. This raid forms part of ongoing law enforcement efforts to disrupt the full value chain…
Water Tower in Midrand. The City of Johannesburg has again sought to dispel claims that R4 billion went missing from Joburg Water’s accounts. This emerged during the briefing on the city’s water progress update in Johannesburg. The head of the City’s budget office, Charity Wurayayi says, “The city runs sweeping accounts for each of its…
Lobby group calls on government to declare GBVF as a national emergency. Civil rights organisation, NotInMyName International, has called on government to declare gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) a national emergency. The renewed calls follow the shooting of two women, Tshiamo and Baleseng Moramaga, in Pretoria over the weekend. The women, aged 22 and 21,…
Homii building in Durban Community activists marched towards the Homii residential apartment building in Durban where seven-year-old Aphelele and his twin sister Aphile fell four floors down a lift shaft. Police in KwaZulu-Natal say they’ve approached the court following “difficulty” in accessing CCTV footage at the Homii residential apartment building in Durban, where a boy…
Former pre-school teacher, Amber Lee Hughes in court. A social worker who assessed Amber Lee Hughes who confessed to killing her ex-boyfriend’s four-year-old daughter says the former pre-school teacher grew up exposed to traumatic events from a very young age. Johanna Wolmarans was testifying during pre-sentencing proceedings at the High Court in Johannesburg. Hughes was…
Enyobeni Tavern in the Eastern Cape. The East London Regional Court sitting in Mdantsane is expected to hear closing arguments in the Enyobeni inquest investigating the death of the 21 young people who died at a tavern in June 2022. The inquest, which started in 2023, concluded listening to the evidence in August this year,…
Judge Aubrey Ledwaba. The Pan African Bar Association of South Africa (PABASA) has cautioned against the calls for Acting Judge President of the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, Judge Aubrey Ledwaba, to be suspended. Last week, Witness A, at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, testified that he heard from an informer that an amount of…
No bullying in school signage. Advocacy group, Parents for an Equal Education, has called on government to host a National Safety Summit to address the bullying crisis at schools. The call follows the assault of a 16-year-old Milnerton High School learner in the Western Cape. The assault, which was captured on video and widely circulated…
