Pearl Magubane

5 days ago | sabcnews.com | Pearl Magubane

The State in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has argued that a witness should not be subjected to harsh allegations such as being labeled a “hired gun”. On Friday, defence counsel Charles Mnisi called cellphone analyst Sergeant Moses Mabasa a hired gun after he confused a memory stick for a memory card. Sergeant Mabasa has been recalled to the stand at the High Court in Pretoria to testify about photos downloaded from Mthobisi Mncube’s phone memory card.

5 days ago | sabcnews.com | Pearl Magubane

Defence lawyer Charles Mnisi is expected to continue with the cross-examination of the state witness, Sergeant Moses Mabasa, in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial on Monday. The trial will be heard in the Pretoria High Court. The police officer was called back to the stand to testify on the photographs downloaded from accused number 3,  Mthobisi Mncube‘s memory card. The state argued that in one of the images taken on the 2nd of September 2014, a month before Meyiwa was killed.

1 week ago | sabcnews.com | Pearl Magubane

The defence for accused number three, Mthobisi Mncube in the  former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa murder trial says it is ready to hand in the dental examination report to the High Court in Pretoria. Mncube was sent to a private dental surgeon to determine if he ever had a gold tooth in 2014, the year Meyiwa was murdered. He and four others are on trial for his murder. Meyiwa was shot and killed while at singer Kelly Khumalo’s home in Vosloorus, East Rand.

1 week ago | sabcnews.com | Pearl Magubane

Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has expressed sadness following the death of a Grade 11 learner from Lesedi Secondary School in Lethabong, Pretoria East. A fellow Grade 12 pupil allegedly fatally stabbed the boy on Tuesday afternoon. According to preliminary reports, the matric learner did not attend school on the day. He allegedly arrived after school hours and stabbed the Grade 11 pupil just as learners were boarding their scholar transport outside the school premises.

1 week ago | sabcnews.com | Pearl Magubane

The High Court in Pretoria is expected to hear feedback on the dental examination of accused number three, Mthobisi Mncube, as the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues today. Mncube and four others are still on trial more than ten years after the 2014 murder of then Bafana Bafana captain Meyiwa. On Monday, Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng, ruled in favour of the application by the defence – for Mncube to go for dental examination.