Back Print this page
Legalbrief   |   your legal news hub Monday 02 September 2024

Alleged killer of husband\'s lover remanded in custody, and, other brief reports ...

* The Pinetown Regional Court has remanded Aletta Elliot (45), who is charged with the murder of her estranged husband\'s lover, Annete Grobler (33), in custody until November 26. The court ordered that Elliot needed to be examined by a gynaecologist and should receive medication as she suffers from various medical conditions. [red]– Independent on Saturday[/red]

* A Motherwell youth, Bulelani Magxaza, was found guilty of murdering a young Sunday school teacher, Bonginkosi Maseti, and was jailed for 25 years. Magxaza shot Maseti after robbing him and his friends. [red]– The Herald [/red]– * The Johannesburg Regional Court has denied bail to Kenneth Downey, the alleged killer of Alec Steenkamp, whose body was discovered in a shallow grave at Downey\'s former home, because he is considered a flight risk. [red]– SABC News [/red] * August Human (20) and Elna Lotz (42) have pleaded guilty in the Bellville Regional Court to conspiring to commit a crime. The State claimed the two conspired on the Internet to murder Lotz\'s husband. [red]– News24 [/red] * Western Cape labour inspectors found that more than 140 businesses in Bellville, Somerset West and Mossel Bay, in the Western Cape, are not complying with the regulations contained in the Employment Equity Act. [red]– SABC News [/red] * A generous Eastern Cape attorney offered to post R700 bail for a cyclist facing Christmas in jail if he could not raise the money himself. The cyclist was arrested for riding a bicycle under the influence of liquor. [red]– Daily Dispatch [/red] * The DA federal congress yesterday called for a review of black economic empowerment legislation to prevent what the party\'s trade and industry spokesman, Eyinnah Nkem-Abonta, called \'legal plunder\' by a small, politically well-connected elite. [red]– Business Day [/red]