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Tsimatsima v S (A185/2023) [2025] ZAFSHC 20 (28 January 2025)
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against conviction and 15-year sentence for housebreaking with intent to rob and robbery with aggravating circumstances.
S v Rweqane (CC31/2022) [2022] ZAECMKHC 119 (28 October 2022)
Murder, attempted murder, robbery-related and firearm-possession convictions were entered after the court found the accused acted with common purpose.
S v Nquphe and Another (CC26/2020) [2020] ZAECGHC 116 (1 October 2020)
The court found that both accused planned and executed a violent assault on the deceased, using a hammer and sword, with the intention to rob. The evidence established that both accused acted in concert, did not dissociate from each other's actions, and inflicted severe injuries that led to the death of the deceased. The court accepted the State's evidence and rejected the accused's attempts to minimize their roles. The nature of the weapons used, the sustained assault, and the age and frailty of the deceased made it foreseeable that death could result. The court held that both accused had th…
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Matali and Others v S (A338/2010) [2012] ZAFSHC 156 (30 August 2012)
The Free State High Court dismissed three appellants’ challenges to convictions for housebreaking, robbery and murder, finding joint participation and dolus eventualis.
Moeletsane v S (A214/08) [2010] ZAFSHC 15 (11 February 2010)
Appeal against conviction for housebreaking and robbery succeeded after the court found the alibi had not been properly assessed and identity evidence was unreliable.
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