BOKSBURG – One of the two women accused of murdering Jabulile Ntimba has denied involvement in the killing, alleging that police tortured her into making a confession. Fortunate Masilela and Tsakane Msithini appeared in the Boksburg Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 1 October, for bail proceedings. They face charges of premeditated
Concerns about witnesses and the investigation underpin the prosecution’s opposition tobail. The State is opposing Shadrack Sibiya’s release on bail because it believes he could interfere withinvestigations or intimidate witnesses, according to Sowetan’s report of the 1 October 2026proceedings. Those concerns were presented at the Randburg Magistrate’s Court, where the
Defence affidavit distances family from a third party’s approach. Shadrack Sibiya’s son has told the Randburg Magistrate’s Court that a family friend contacted acomplainant without the family’s knowledge or instruction, according to The Citizen’s report of thebail proceedings. The account was contained in an affidavit read in court on 1
Prosecution links reluctance to report alleged offences to the officer’s senior position. Some complainants were afraid to report allegations against Shadrack Sibiya because of his seniorposition in the police, the State told the Randburg Magistrate’s Court during his bail proceedings on1 October 2026. TimesLIVE reported that an investigating officer’s affidavit
Prosecution’s concerns about contact with a witness come under scrutiny. A recorded telephone conversation was played during Shadrack Sibiya’s bail proceedings as theprosecution raised allegations of witness interference, according to EWN’s report of the 1 Octoberhearing The report described a conversation in which a man identified as Maumela questioned the
State presents investigator’s account of communications with a minor during bailproceedings. Suspended deputy national police commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya allegedlycommunicated privately with a 16-year-old girl and requested sexual material, the RandburgMagistrate’s Court heard on 1 October 2026 According to TimesLIVE’s account of the proceedings, the allegations were set out in
The Randburg Magistrates Court has received detailed testimony regarding the criminal charges filed against suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya. The 59-year-old official faces serious counts, including rape, human trafficking, and the sexual grooming of a minor. During the formal bail application, the investigating officer presented evidence concerning
Controversial Bishop Azwihangwi Maumela has reportedly landed suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya in deeper legal trouble following a shocking revelation in court. It has emerged during court proceedings that after Sibiya’s high-profile arrest on serious sexual offence charges, Maumela allegedly contacted the woman who laid the charges
Two women appeared in the Klerksdorp Magistrates’ Court in the North West on Wednesday, facing charges of fraud after allegedly siphoning more than R1.6 million from their employer. Jeanette Sylvia Cronje, 33, and Alicia Van Der Walt, 36, were arrested earlier that day by the Hawks’ Klerksdorp-based Serious Commercial Crime
Zimbabwean businessman Lawrence Mudzinganyama has been granted R15,000 bail by the Randburg Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. The 40-year-old faces ten charges, including fraud, intimidation, crimen injuria, and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, following an incident where he allegedly threatened a group of women at an upmarket Sandton
