The case could shed further light on the taxi violence that recently gripped the Western Cape as the accused are linked to the taxi industry and allegedly murdered two people who were transporting farmworkers. The case also highlights the Western Cape Division of High Court’s ongoing backlogs..
It has emerged that several major gang cases are draining resources at the Western Cape High Court, raising questions about when some trials will be heard.
The faiths and high hopes that a young Mandlakayise John Hlophe carried from KwaDukuza via Cambridge and finally as Judge President of the Western Cape, appear to underpin the lack of appetite for more than a decade to hold him accountable.