By Adv Navilla Somaru, Director of Public Prosecutions, Free State Division
The National Prosecuting Authority is making steady progress in bringing criminal charges against a number of people involved in public sector corruption in the Free State – including some of those identified in recent reports by the Zondo Commission.
Western Cape: The Bellville Commercial Crimes Court has sentenced a couple and a car dealer salesperson to direct imprisonment after convicting them on several counts of receiving stolen property and fraud. Yesterday the court convicted Marius Coetzee, on 73 counts of receiving stolen property and sentenced him to 15 years imprisonment of which 10 years was suspended with conditions.
The case of a man who allegedly killed his grandmother has been postponed to 16 March 2022, for a formal bail application by the Nelspruit Magistrates' Court. During his first appearance last week, the accused elected to conduct his defence and today he changed his mind and elected to use the services of Legal Aid South Africa.
A 31-year-old man Tiyani Khosa, from Olifantshoek near Magoro village in Limpopo, was sentenced to four life terms after he was convicted on five counts of housebreaking with intent to commit rape, six counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances and six counts of rape by the Thohoyandou High Court.
A 31-year-old man Tiyani Khosa, from Olifantshoek near Magoro village in Limpopo, was sentenced to four life terms after he was convicted on five counts of housebreaking with intent to commit rape, six counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances and six counts of rape by the Thohoyandou High Court.
A murder and rape case against Samuel John Noko (34), was deferred by the Moretele Magistrates' Court to 12 April 2022, for a formal requisition by the state. He is charged with murder, defeating the ends of justice and rape. He allegedly murdered Monni Monyeki (29) and buried her in a shallow grave near a river in Mathibestad. He is facing a further charge of rape on a 14-year-old related to the deceased.
The Durban Regional Court sentenced Mvelo Majola, to six years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to the theft of a motor vehicle during the looting and civil unrest that took place in KwaZulu-Natal in July 2021. The vehicle, a Hino truck was one of nine vehicles stolen from Pharmed Pharmaceuticals in Riverhorse Valley on Nandi Drive. In his plea, Majola said, he knew of some people that participated in the looting spree, and one of them had given him the vehicle.
Swellendam, Western Cape: Serial killer Brian Mudyiwayana has been sentenced to six life terms and 17 years imprisonment, and the court declared he deserved to be permanently removed from society. On Monday, Mudyiwayana was convicted for the premeditated murders of Moleboheng Mafata, Gladys Ntondini, Grace Nyasha Hondo, Naume Gwengwe, Lungelwa Dangatye and Michael Pekaan. He was also convicted on a count of robbery with aggravating circumstances and two counts of the Contravention of the Refugees Act, 130 of 1998.