SUMMARY Mr Tankiso Moeketsi (the “accused”), in this criminal trial faced a charge of murder in that on or about 04 November 2017, and at or near the district of Ehkuruleni Central, he unlawfully and intentionally killed his brother (the “deceased”), by stabbing him with knives and hitting him with a spade. The accused and
SUMMARY Review proceedings were launched in the Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg, before Acting Judge Phahlane, based on a number of procedural irregularities which occurred during a criminal trial, which subsequently resulted in a conviction and the imposition of a prison sentence. On 1 November 2017, in the Oberholzer Magistrate’s Court, Thuso Nyembezi (“the accused”) was,