Social worker who killed six relatives awaits sentencing

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

It had been expected that on Friday the Pietermaritzburg High Court would sentence a 36-year-old social worker who was convicted of killing his six relatives including ...

Family of mother accused of killing teen ‘puzzled’

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

The teen who was allegedly killed by her mother was raised by her father in Johannesburg since she was 4 years old and had been living with her mother for a year ...

Social worker guilty of murdering six relatives

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

Octavia and Christopher Khumalo, their daughter Mbali Khumalo, 37, and her son Thabo Khumalo, 10, and their relatives, Nothile Khumalo, 17, and Elihle Sigampu, were ...

Mom accused of murdering teen, 14

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

Ncamisile Evarista Hlophe is expected to appear again in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court in October, this is after her case was postponed on Wednesday. She is charged ...

Family’s long wait for ‘hitmen money payer’ to be revealed in murder case

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

The pre-trial conference for two Durban alleged hitmen continues on Thursday in the Durban High Court. The two are charged with 15 murders.

All set for trial of cop accused of killing mom

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

In a little over a week, the trial against a former police constable who is charged with the murder of his mother will be heard in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court. ...

Cops must use their guns to stay alive – Minister Mchunu

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu said police involved in fatal shoot outs with criminals are doing what they were trained to do, keeping themselves alive using their ...

Mom shocked over stabbing of daughter over 25 times by lover

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

While it would not bring her daughter back the mother of a woman who was stabbed over 20 times by her ex-boyfriend hoped he was dealt a lengthy sentence by the Durban ...

Man accused of mutilating murder victim on the run

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

Police were yet to re-arrest a man accused of kidnapping, murdering, mutilating the face of his victim, and burning then throwing the body off a cliff, after he ...

No end to road rage trial

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

The unavailability of a defence witness in the trial against a pensioner charged with murder in an apparent road rage incident has seen the continuation of the trial ...

Bail woes for man who beheaded granny, 80, and kicked head like soccer ball

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

A 31-year-old Pinetown man accused of beheading his 80-year-old grandmother remains behind bars as he struggles to secure a home should he be granted bail. On Tuesday ...

Man faces life behind bars for murder of girlfriend stabbed 25 times

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

In October, the Durban Magistrate’s Court is to hear sentencing proceedings for an Eastern Cape man who on Friday pleaded guilty to stabbing his girlfriend 25 times, ...

Double life sentence for taxi driver convicted of murder and rape

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

Samkelo Victus Dube was sentenced in the Durban High Court on Thursday for the rape and murder of 17-year-old Grade 11 pupil Sibahle Faith Biyela.

Court rejects teen murder accused’s version of events and convicts him

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

The Durban High Court found that the taxi driver whom it convicted of the murder and rape of a 17-year-old girl had been fabricating his version throughout the trial. ...

Taxi driver who beat, gagged, raped and killed girl, 17, found guilty

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

Samkelo Victus Dube has been found guilty of raping and killing a teen girl by the Durban High Court on Wednesday. Dube had been drinking with the teen and had made ...

State wants guilty verdict in teen’s murder and rape

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

Nearly four years since 17-year-old Sibahle Faith Biyela was found dead and naked in the home of taxi driver Samkelo Victus Dube. On Wednesday the Durban High Court ...

Judgment looms for man accused of murdering and raping teen

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

A taxi driver alleged to have raped and killed a 17-year-old in 2020 will know his fate on Wednesday when the Durban High Court makes a ruling on his innocence or ...

Accused in teen murder case is lying, says investigating officer

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

On Monday the trial into the murder and rape of a 17-year-old girl continued in the Durban High Court where the investigating officer while on the stand accused ...

Accused in murder of councillor’s husband convicted for illegal gun possession

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

A man who is yet to go on trial for the alleged murder of the husband of a Nongoma NFP councillor was convicted and sentenced in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court for ...

Dismay at wholly suspended sentence in poisoned guard culpable homicide case

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

The ten-year sentence wholly suspended for five that was born from a plea agreement left a bitter taste in the mouths of the friends of a security guard who died ...

Further charge for RAF kidnapper who held woman 9 days captive

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

It will be clear in October as to when the trial against a man alleged to have kidnapped a woman to access her relative’s RAF money will be heard. He appeared in ...

Businessman pleads guilty in poisoned security guard culpable homicide case

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

Security guard Loyisa Rasta Mbidana was beaten with weapons and forced to ingest poison, he was accused of stealing copper cables at the business premises of Sagren ...

RAF beneficiary’s relative abducted, held captive for days

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

An accused in the kidnapping of a woman who was held captive by her abductors for her relative’s Road Accident Fund money appeared in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court ...

Murdered and raped teen was found naked

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

The Durban High Court was presented with details about the condition of a teen’s body, as described by a police officer who had responded to the scene. The officer ...

Man denies beating, gagging, raping and killing teen

Anelisa Kubheka|Published

A taxi driver accused of raping and killing a 17-year-old girl has told his version of events of the night of the alleged murder in his not-guilty statement that ...