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Musa Kekana

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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 47

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Matlala Trial | Court allows State to use Kekana’s hospital notes in cross-examination

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 […]

todaySeptember 16, 2026 24

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Matlala Trial | Kekana’s torture claims under scrutiny

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 […]

todaySeptember 15, 2026 26

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Matlala Trial | Fortuner tracking data under fire as defence challenges State’s case

The State has provisionally closed its case in the trial-within-a-trial involving alleged underworld figure, Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala and his four co-accused, but a dispute over whether prosecutors can reopen their case is already emerging. The State has reserved the right to apply to reopen its case after expert witnesses give evidence. At the centre of the proceedings is the lawfulness of Musa Kekana’s arrest in April 2024, with the defence […]

todaySeptember 14, 2026 84

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Matlala trial | Defence says one of two police officer witnesses is lying under oath

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 […]

todaySeptember 11, 2026 49

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Matlala Trial | Police Fortuner contradiction puts arrest evidence under scrutiny

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 […]

todaySeptember 10, 2026 130

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Matlala Trial | Kekana’s bail affidavit admitted as evidence as trial hits fresh delay

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 […]

todaySeptember 8, 2026 67

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Matlala Trial | State evidence under scrutiny as defence challenges Kekana’s detention and witness handling

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, […]

todaySeptember 7, 2026 59

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Matlala Trial | Kekana’s lawyer accuses police of unlawful hospital transfer

A police officer who guarded alleged hitman, Musa Kekana, at Edenvale Hospital has denied unlawfully removing him from the facility and transporting him to Bramley Police Station. Sergeant, Malekhuthu Raseala, was cross-examined by Kekana’s lawyer, Riaan Gissing, in the Johannesburg High Court on Thursday, as the defence continued to challenge the circumstances surrounding Kekana’s removal from hospital and his subsequent movement between police stations. Gissing put it to Raseala that […]

todaySeptember 3, 2026 40