Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Meting out justice
A married couple who allegedly held a store owner at gunpoint and made off with over R600 000 was one of several high profile cases heard in the KwaMbonambi Regional Court
Bonnie and Clyde
Lindiwe Victoria Mkhasibe (37) and Thokozani Pobolodi Chili (49) are accused of robbery with aggravating circumstances at the Regia Store, KwaMbonambi, where Princess Mlungwana was held at gunpoint and robbed of R612 950 on 25 July.
They are scheduled to appear on 1 September for a formal bail application.
Six on trial for murder and kidnapping
Six men, including a pupil of Ekaphuleni High School, appeared for the kidnapping and murder of a man at a local tavern.
Mduduzi Gift Zulu (34), Sbongiseni Mthiyane (18), Njunju Mthiyane (53), Moses Ngwane (30), Bongumusa Nomatiyila Nsele (22) and Sabelo Mhkwanazi (26) were arrested for the kidnapping and murder of Mape Mhwango in June.
The men will make their next appearance on 6 September for trial.
Robber pleads to youth crime
A man pleaded guilty to armed robbery three years after the crime was committed when he was only 16.
Sakhele Xaba (19) and accomplice Nhlakanipho Mpanza (26) were charged with the robbery of a man and the rape of a young girl.
The girl was only 13 at the time of the incident in September 2008.
Xaba pleaded guilty to robbery with aggravating circumstances and told the court Mpanza convinced him to help him hold the victims at knife point. Mpanza allegedly had a firearm.
He did not plead to the rape.
Kidnapping and rape
Mandlenkosi Zakhona Dlame (26) of the Odondolo Reserve was charged for kidnapping and three counts of rape between 28 and 30 April.
The prosecutor expressed doubt about the strength of the State’s case because the alleged victim has a child with Dlame and was
not forcefully taken away according to a witness.
The matter was remanded for further investigation.