The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomes the sentence of two life terms each, handed down by the Benoni Regional Court to Melusi Gift Shima (26) and Ishmael Hlabathi (35) from Benoni for the premeditated murder of a couple.  The court ordered that the life terms run concurrently.  On 26 May 2019, the couple, Johanco Fleischman (19) and Jessica Kuhn (21) were driving a bakkie with two passengers, when they ran out of fuel at the Putfontein off-ramp. The couple was approached by the pair who shot them dead.

A 24-year-old man Itumeleng Machabe, aka Benzo from Galeshewe in Kimberley has made his first appearance in the Galeshewe Magistrate Court, for the killing of an 11-year-old Relebogile Segami. The accused is facing charges of murder in count one and rape in count two respectively.

The High Court of South Africa: Mpumalanga Division has sentenced Siphesihle Jeremia Mashabane (28) and Kgomotso Cecil Khoza (27), to life imprisonment for the murder of Xolani Govern Sithole (26), who was working as an attorney for Legal Aid South Africa. This was after the pair were convicted of robbery, with aggravating circumstances, theft and premeditated murder.

A 24-year-old man Itumeleng Machabe, aka Benzo from Galeshewe in Kimberley has made his first appearance in the Galeshewe Magistrate Court, for the killing of an 11-year-old Relebogile Segami. The accused is facing charges of murder in count one and rape in count two respectively.

The Palm Ridge Specialised Crimes Court deferred the former BOSASA Chief Operations Officer, Angelo Agrizzi’s fraud case to 18 May 2022. The postponement is for obtaining a High court date. Agrizzi, who has not been in court since October 2020, had initially intended to bring an application in terms of section 342A of the Criminal Procedure Act, into the unreasonable delay. The defence has now abandoned such an application.

The Durban Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sentenced Gideon Pretorius (51) and Vimal Amichand Rajbansi (51), to an effective eight years imprisonment each, following their conviction on fraud amounting to R3.1 million. Rajbansi’s company, Brainwave Projects was fined R500 000, and this fine was suspended for five years with conditions.

The Verulam Regional Court sentenced a 28-year-old man to life imprisonment for the repeated rape of his neighbour in March 2013. The man was 20 years old at the time and the boy was four. The man lived in the same block of flats in Phoenix as the boy and his mother. At some stage, the boy’s mother got ill and had to stay in hospital. The boy went to live with the nanny, who also lived in the same flat??.