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Matlala Trial | Expert challenges State’s medical account of Kekana’s arrest

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 […]

todaySeptember 17, 2026 49

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Matlala Trial | Judge dismisses Kekana lawyer’s objection over hospital security evidence

The Johannesburg High Court has dismissed an objection by Musa Kekana’s lawyer after Judge Cassim Moosa questioned evidence surrounding the accused’s hospital admission and security arrangements following his arrest. The objection was raised on Wednesday as the court heard that hospital staff had requested increased security around Kekana after suspecting that he might attempt to escape while under police guard. Kekana was admitted to Edenvale Government Hospital shortly after his […]

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