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Controversial Enyobeni Tavern owner Siyakhangela Ndevu is expected to take the stand on Wednesday in the Mdantsane Magistrate’s Court — just a day after he accused the parents of the 21 minors who died at his establishment of negligence.

The head of legal services at the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), Masilo Lekoloana, took the stand in the Gqeberha High Court on Tuesday to account for the military's refusal to fund the legal costs of an apartheid era officer implicated in the murders of the Cradock Four.

Gqeberha High Court Judge Fungile Dotwana said the State failed to prove its case against three Chinese Nationals charged in connection with the illegal exportation of perlemoen valued at R100 million.

The head of the SANDF's legal services, Masilo Lekoloana, is expected to appear in the high court in Gqeberha on Tuesday. According to the Foundation for Human Rights, this is to account for the military's refusal to fund the legal costs of an apartheid era officer implicated in the murders of the so-called Cradock Four.

The mastermind behind a multimillion-rand vehicle finance scam, Thobani Mabizela, has been sentenced to nine years of direct imprisonment with no option of a fine.

Emotions ran high outside the Motherwell Magistrates Court On Monday as the man who is accused of murdering a 12-year-old made his first appearance amid calls for the return of the death penalty.

Police commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, has announced the arrest of two of the three suspected hitmen in the 2023 murder of Fort Hare University bodyguard, Mboneli Vesele.

The funding has been allocated under the NLC’s Research-Based Funding (RBF) policy. This replaced the discontinued, controversial Proactive Funding, which was widely abused to loot the lottery under the NLC’s previous executive and board.

Afriforum's Private Prosecution Unit has written to the Madeira police station in the Eastern Cape as well as the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to alert them to possible lapses in the investigation into the murder of former police detective Riana Nel, that require immediate attention.