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“He came and lied”: Kekana turns on state witness

JOHANNESBURG – Alleged hitman Musa Kekana has accused a state witness of lying about seeing him drive a Hyundai i20 on the morning of his arrest, as the state began cross-examining him

September 15, 2026

Crime·News·South Africa

Matlala trial: tracking fault on Golf still unexplained

The supplier of the South African Police Service’s vehicle tracking system cannot establish when or how the tracking device on a VW Golf central to the Matlala trial-within-a-trial came to be incorrectly

September 14, 2026

Crime·News·South Africa

Matlala trial: second officer contradicts commander

A second police officer has told the High Court that an unmarked Toyota Fortuner was present at the scene where accused number one in the Matlala matter was arrested, contradicting the evidence

September 11, 2026

Crime

Matlala trial: defence objects to unnamed doctor claim

The trial-within-a-trial in the Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala matter turned on the identity of an unnamed doctor on Monday, after a former station commander told the court he removed an accused from hospital

September 8, 2026

Crime

Matlala Trial: Police Return Kekana Coughing Blood

A witness who spent the morning of 17 April 2024 discussing a wheel rim with Musa Kekana told the Johannesburg High Court on Monday that police drove Kekana away from the scene

September 7, 2026

Crime

Kekana trial: The evidence trail starts to unravel

The trial of Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and his co-accused is increasingly turning into a battle not only over what allegedly happened to Musa Kekana after his arrest, but over how reliably the

September 2, 2026

Crime·News

Paramedic admits: “I should have recorded it”

A Netcare 911 paramedic’s recollection of the events surrounding Matlala co-accused Musa Kekana’s encounter with police came under sustained scrutiny in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Monday, as the defence

September 1, 2026

Crime·South Africa

Matlala co-accused told paramedic he was assaulted by police.

Netcare 911 paramedic has told the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg that Matlala co-accused Musa Kekana told her he had been assaulted by police before he was taken to hospital following an

September 1, 2026

Crime

Analysis: Why Matlala’s Counsel is fighting the alleged hitman’s arrest.

There was something unusual about Friday’s proceedings, 31 July 2026 in the Johannesburg High Court, and it goes to the heart of what the trial-within-a-trial is really about. The advocate who spent

August 2, 2026

Crime·News

“WE DON’T TORTURE PEOPLE “: Captain denies courier bag suffocation, gun threats as medical records tell a bloody story

Graphic allegations of police brutality emerged in the Johannesburg High Court on Friday, where Police Captain Phimi Alfred Sekgobela denied claims that he and his team suffocated accused No. 1, Musa Kekana

July 30, 2026

Crime

trial-within-a-trial

“He came and lied”: Kekana turns on state witness

Matlala trial: tracking fault on Golf still unexplained

Matlala trial: second officer contradicts commander

Matlala trial: defence objects to unnamed doctor claim

Matlala Trial: Police Return Kekana Coughing Blood

Kekana trial: The evidence trail starts to unravel

Paramedic admits: “I should have recorded it”

Matlala co-accused told paramedic he was assaulted by police.

Analysis: Why Matlala’s Counsel is fighting the alleged hitman’s arrest.

“WE DON’T TORTURE PEOPLE “: Captain denies courier bag suffocation, gun threats as medical records tell a bloody story

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