Mpumalanga taxi owner Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni and his three co-accused are expected back in the Delmas Magistrates Court on Tuesday as their extortion and money-laundering case continues. The State alleges that the accused extorted more than R2.2 million from a businessman. Tuesday’s proceedings are expected to focus on the disclosure of the State’s docket to the defence, following the collapse and subsequent re-enrolment of the case earlier this year. Sibanyoni and his co-accused were each granted R70,000 bail when the…

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria has confirmed that criminal charges have been laid against North West businessman Suliman Carrim following his failure to appear before the inquiry. The charges were laid on 21 August on the instruction of Commission Chairperson Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga. Commission spokesperson Jeremy Michaels confirmed the development while briefing the media following the testimony of KwaZulu-Natal Hawks Lieutenant-Colonel Deenadayalan Govender. Michaels said Commission Secretary Nolitha Vukuza laid the charges on behalf of the commission after…

A former medical officer at Edenvale Hospital has told the Johannesburg High Court that she found no evidence that accused number one, Musa Kekana, was assaulted or suffocated by police during his arrest in April 2024. Dr Pooja Panicker was testifying in the high-profile trial-within-a-trial involving alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and his four co-accused. Matlala, his wife Tsakane, Kekana, Floyd Mabusela and Nthabiseng Nzama face 25 charges, including attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Kekana’s defence has…