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Alleged murder mastermind, Victor Majola, is without legal representation after his lawyer withdrew from the DJ Warras murder case, despite a six-week postponement intended to give him time to secure funding for his defence. Advocate, Piet Du Plessis, told the Johannesburg High Court on Friday that he was no longer in a position to represent Majola at trial. "I am not in a position to continue to reserve myself on […]
The State's medical account of Musa Kekana's condition following his arrest has come under sustained scrutiny, with forensic pathologist Professor, Gert Saayman, telling the Johannesburg High Court on Thursday that the clinical evidence is consistent with a near-fatal suffocation. Saayman's evidence forms part of a trial-within-a-trial in which the court is determining whether evidence obtained during Kekana’s April 2024 arrest can be admitted in the main attempted-murder trial involving alleged […]
The Johannesburg High Court has cleared the State to use disputed hospital records to challenge Musa Kekana’s credibility, rejecting a defence objection that the notes amounted to inadmissible hearsay. The ruling came as Kekana faced sustained cross-examination over his account of his April 2024 arrest, including allegations that police suffocated him with a plastic bag and restrained him with a belt. Presiding Judge, Cassim Moosa, ruled on Wednesday that the […]
Alleged hitman, Musa Kekana, has accused police of using torture to extract information from him following his arrest, telling the Johannesburg High Court that officers allegedly suffocated him with a plastic bag until he lost consciousness and coughed up blood. Kekana, the first accused in the attempted-murder trial involving alleged underworld figure, Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala, gave evidence in a trial-within-a-trial on Tuesday, which is focused on whether evidence obtained following […]
The defence has placed two police officers at the centre of a credibility clash in the attempted murder trial of alleged underworld figure, Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala, suggesting that either Sergeant Maesela Ledwaba or Captain Phimi Sekgobela is lying under oath. The accusation was levelled during the cross-examination of Ledwaba in the trial-within-a-trial at the Johannesburg High Court on Friday, where the defence is challenging evidence linked to the arrest of […]
The long-running case over the brutal killing of pregnant teacher, Kirsten Kluyts, has ended in a guilty verdict. Twenty-three-year-old, Bafana Mahungela, has been convicted of murdering the 34-year-old Delta Park High School teacher, who was 14 weeks pregnant when she was attacked, strangled and killed during a park run at George Lea Park in Sandton in October 2023. The Johannesburg High Court handed down judgment on Friday, rejecting Mahungela’s version […]
A police officer has admitted driving a white Toyota Fortuner on the day of Musa Kekana’s arrest, contradicting earlier State evidence that the vehicle was not present during the operation. Warrant Officer, Tshepo Phiri, made the admission on Thursday while being cross-examined by Kekana’s lawyer, Riaan Gissing, in the Johannesburg High Court. Phiri told the court that he followed Captain, Phimi Sekgobela’s, vehicle from Midway Mall to Eighth Road, where […]
The Johannesburg High Court has ruled that, Musa Kekana’s, bail affidavit can be admitted as evidence in the trial-within-a-trial involving alleged underworld figure, Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala, and his co-accused. Judge Cassim Moosa found that Kekana had been adequately warned that evidence given during his bail application in connection with the murder of engineer, Armand Swart, could be used against him in subsequent proceedings. The ruling clears a major hurdle for […]
The State’s case in the trial-within-a-trial involving accused number one, Musa Kekana, has come under intense scrutiny, with the defence challenging police evidence around his removal from hospital, his arrest and the State’s handling of key witnesses. In the Johannesburg High Court on Monday, senior police officer Colonel, Owen King, contradicted evidence previously given by a colleague over Kekana’s removal from Edenvale Hospital. King, a former Bramley Police Station commander, […]
