Medical testimony came under the spotlight on Monday as experts scrutinised a psychological report in the ‘Cat’ Matlala trial.
Meanwhile, residents in a Limpopo village are cut off from healthcare once again after their makeshift bridge collapsed. Over in court, a prominent taxi boss is back in the dock over extortion charges.
‘Cat’ Matlala trial: Doctor’s assessment of accused Musa Kekana scrutinised
The Johannesburg High Court has scrutinised a doctor’s assessment of one of the accused in the case against crime boss Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala and four others.
Musa Kekana’s assessment was in sharp focus in court on Monday, with the defence questioning whether enough was done to investigate his alleged suffocation during his arrest, as he was coughing up blood.
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Limpopo village again cut off from nearby clinic after makeshift bridge collapses
Just weeks after building a makeshift bridge, the community of Mafarafara village in Limpopo is again cut off from a nearby clinic after the structure collapsed.
In July, Eyewitness News reported that residents built the bridge using wooden logs, sticks and corrugated iron sheets to connect two remote villages in Burgersfort.
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Taxi boss Sibanyoni, co-accused due back in court for extortion, money laundering
Mpumalanga taxi owner Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni and his three co-accused are expected back in the Delmas Magistrates Court on Tuesday for extortion and money laundering.
The State alleges the group extorted more than R2.2 million from a businessman.
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Jonny Steinberg: Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma could lead new Black right-wing movement
Writer and scholar Jonny Steinberg believes Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma could emerge as the leader of a new kind of Black right-wing politics in South Africa, one increasingly detached from the traditional political narratives of the liberation struggle.
Steinberg, whose News24 column recently examined Ngobese-Zuma’s involvement in the cooperation between March on March and AfriForum, said he believes something significant is happening in the way some Black South Africans understand politics, history and their place in the world.
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CPUT student representatives hoping a plan will be devised to save academic semester
Student representatives at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) are hoping the institution’s senate will devise a feasible plan to save the remaining academic semester.
This follows weeks of unrest and the suspension of academic programmes at the institution as students tabled their frustrations and demands through demonstrations.
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