The four Pakistani nationals charged with the brutal murders of two Komani street dwellers are in South Africa illegally as their asylum seeker permits had expired or did not exist at all, the Queenstown magistrate’s court heard earlier…
Four Pakistani nationals accused of beating to death two street dwellers in Komani and ditching their bodies in shallow graves near a farm about 10km away, appeared in court under close police watch earlier today. Farman Mohammed, Rashid…
Fearing for their lives, scores of Ethiopian nationals protested outside the Queenstown magistrate’s court earlier today as three men – two Ethiopians and a South African – appeared on business robbery charges. The business owners wanted…
Retired Komani pastor Mongameli Mgijima, 68, accused of trying to murder his teacher wife and staging it as a ‘suicide’ was denied bail in the Queenstown magistrate’s court earlier today. Mgijima is charged with attempted murder after he…
Family members of retired pastor Mongameli Mgijima, 68, who is charged with trying to kill his wife, have joined calls for him to be refused bail. “Uncle must die in jail. We are his family and we trusted him as an elderly. But what he…
Forty-six-year-old Mulatu Biru, who is facing charges of attempted murder for allegedly shooting local businessman Johnny Bowes was granted R3 000 bail in the Queenstown magistrate’s court last week Wednesday. His court appearance follows…
A Komani magistrate last week lashed out at the police for bungling the investigation into the murder of a three-year-old Sabatha Dalindyebo boy. “There appears to be plenty of evidence to have been investigated in this case to hold…
Angry residents protesting outside the Queenstown magistrate’s court were unhappy with the release of a married couple accused of forcing a neighbour’s 12-year-old child to eat his own faeces. The suspects were arrested at Enkululekweni…
Komani residents this week expressed their anger at a couple accused of assaulting a 12-year-old boy and forcing him to eat his faeces. “It is worse when it is a mother who abuses, considering what we face as mothers,” said CPF member,…
Common assault charges against the principal and a teacher of Thembelihle Public Primary School in Mlungisi were withdrawn in the Queenstown magistrate’s court this morning. Principal Bukelwa Mdlela, 56, and teacher Bukelwa Mgwigwi, 45,…
Residents who recently protested outside the Queenstown magistrate’s court have welcomed the decision to remand in custody a 32-year-old man accused of murdering his partner in Enkululekweni. The Rep reported (Group opposes bail for…
The principal and teacher of a primary school in Mlungisi appeared in the Queenstown magistrate’s court last week on assault charges. Bukelwa Mdlela, 56, the principal of Thembelihle Public Primary School and Bukelwa Mgwigwi, 45, a…
Residents and community activists walked out of the Queenstown magistrate’s court last week with a sense of relief after a man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl from Ilinge was refused bail. The Rep reported (Man in court for child’s…
Proceedings in the Queenstown magistrate’s court will be back on track on Monday after a halt of three days since Wednesday, as six employees tested positive for Covid-19. Read The Rep today.
A well-known Victoria Park shop owner accused of raping his daughter and granddaughter was granted R5 000 bail at the Queenstown Magistrate’s Court last Wednesday. The 60 year-old man, who was arrested on April 24, faces two counts of…
