Three more G4S prison officials in court for aiding Thabo Bester’s escape
All 12 suspects are expected back in court in August for start of the main criminal trial
By Daniel Steyn and Becker Semela
Brief | 28 June 2023
Free State municipality’s R15-million unused sport stadium
The stadium in Lindley has stood unused for over a year and has been vandalised
By Tladi Moloi
News | 27 June 2023
“Drunk” Judge Nkola Motata to be impeached
Supreme Court of Appeal rules that Judicial Services Commission was wrong
Law | 22 June 2023
Thabo Bester saga: State expects three more people to be arrested
Case postponed again for further investigation
By Marecia Damons, Daniel Steyn and Becker Semela
Brief | 20 June 2023
Son buried by municipality without family’s knowledge
Family intends to exhume the body and sue the state
News | 15 June 2023
Ninth suspect in Thabo Bester escape appears in court
Zanda Moyo will join eight others in the criminal trial on 20 June
Brief | 13 June 2023
Judge rejects Dr Nandipha’s urgent bid for freedom
But the state made mistakes and almost lost the case
Law | 5 June 2023
Dr Nandipha’s court bid is “trial by ambush” argues state lawyer
Nandipha Magudumana claims she was “abducted” in Tanzania by South African authorities
By Daniel Steyn, Marecia Damons and Becker Semela
News | 1 June 2023
Ficksburg community leaders arrested during clashes over land occupation
The Setsoto Local Municipality has obtained an interim order preventing any new shacks from being erected
Brief | 1 June 2023