After more than a year of refusing to appear in court, convicted murderers Safydeen Del Vecchio and his wife, Fatima Patel, have walked into the dock. The duo, along with Ahmad Mussa have been found guilty of the kidnapping and murder of Rodney and Rachel Saunders.
@nushera Home affairs officials loaded undocumented foreign nationals onto the back of a van to be taken to court for deportation. This is a separate process to the repatriation taking place here.
The group interpreted this as a move to arrest people and began to protest.
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Home Affairs officials said that some of the Malawian Nationals gathered at the park needed to be sent through a court process.
Unhappy about that and seeing some people loaded into the back of a home affairs vehicles, a group began protesting, banging the vehicle
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Police have fired stun grenades at a group of Malawian nationals who’ve begun rioting at Sherwood Park.
It’s the site where thousands of Malawians have gathered for more than a week for the repatriation process to return home.
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All seven accused in the murder case of rapper “AKA” and his friend Tebello Motsoane have appeared for the first time together in the Durban High Court.
Their trial has been set down for the 5th of October to the 6th of November.
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@ECR_Newswatch Day two of unrest trial of Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla will soon get underway. The state is expected to call a new witness today. We understand this may be the states final witness.
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The case against the daughter of Former President, Jacob Zuma returns to the #Durban High Court today.
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has been charged with inciting terrorism and public violence linked to the unrest that broke out in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in 2021.
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Zuma-Sambudla’s terrorism and incitement of public violence trial began in November last years and will continue today.
At the centre of the accusations against her are social media posts made on her Twitter account after her father was jailed.
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Honoured to receive a nomination at this years @SARadioAwards for my work in the field! 🌸
Every day I’m reminded why this medium matters. Here’s to the power of radio…proof that sound alone can move us, comfort us, and change us.
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We’re proud to share that East Coast Radio has been nominated in four categories at the Telkom @SARadioAwards!
Grateful to every listener and every team member who helps us bring radio to life each day.
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