A court has heard how five people, accused of murdering two elderly women at a retirement village, can no longer stomach the brown bread, soup and tea served to them at court while standing trial.
The Gqeberha high court found an Airport Valley man’s version of events to be so farfetched it was wholly rejected before he was convicted of murdering his girlfriend.
In an unusual move, the Gqeberha high court will hear an application by the state to have a witness in a suspected gang-related murder case testify via closed-circut television (CCTV), months after she began giving evidence.
AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo on Tuesday again opposed an Mthatha court order preventing him from interfering with taxi boss Zola Bishop Yolelo and municipal ward councillor Thembisile Gqiba in exercising their duties as headmen in the Mthatha West traditional communities.