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A.Z v S (Appeal) (A41/2025) [2025] ZAWCHC 340 (11 August 2025)
The High Court dismissed an appeal against life imprisonment for the murder of the appellant’s young cousin, holding there were no substantial and compelling circumstances.
Nowtham v S (A2025/091731) [2025] ZAKZDHC 50 (7 August 2025)
Appeal against a bail refusal in a Schedule 6 murder case was dismissed. The High Court held that the magistrate correctly found no exceptional circumstances.
Maquthu v S (Appeal) (CA57/2024) [2025] ZANWHC 139 (7 August 2025)
The High Court dismissed a murder conviction appeal, holding that the trial court properly assessed witness credibility and that recorded contradictions were not material.
S v Ndlovu (CCD30/2025) [2025] ZAKZDHC 52 (5 August 2025)
The court found that the accused intentionally and with premeditation murdered his ex-partner and her mother, and attempted to murder his son. The evidence, including forensic findings, witness testimony, and the deceased's affidavit, established a pattern of domestic violence, threats, and goal-directed conduct. The accused's claim of intoxication was rejected as false and contrived, given his ability to recall details before and after the incident and his purposeful actions during the offence. The court held that the accused unlawfully possessed firearms and ammunition on both relevant date…
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S v Pitso (Sentence) (KS 7/2025) [2025] ZANCHC 61 (1 August 2025)
Guilty-plea sentencing for murder and two assaults arising from domestic violence. The court found substantial and compelling circumstances and imposed 20 years’ imprisonment.
Simon v S (Appeal) (A06/2024) [2025] ZALMPPHC 142 (30 July 2025)
High Court appeal dismissed in a murder conviction. The court held that the appellant’s private-defence version was not reasonably possibly true.
S v Mthethwa and Others (Sentence) (CC62/2021) [2025] ZAGPPHC 777 (29 July 2025)
The court found that the accused's personal circumstances, including his period of pre-sentence detention, did not amount to substantial and compelling circumstances justifying deviation from the prescribed minimum sentences. The seriousness and number of offences, including two murders committed during the course of robbery and kidnapping, outweighed any mitigating factors. The accused's alleged mental illness was not substantiated by evidence and did not affect his ability to participate in the trial. The court held that the prescribed sentences were proportionate to the crimes committed an…
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Modiboa v S (Appeal) (CA30/2024) [2025] ZANWHC 127 (25 July 2025)
The High Court granted condonation but dismissed a sentence appeal, confirming a 25-year murder sentence after finding no material misdirection.
S v Mositoane (17/2025) [2025] ZAFSHC 235 (25 July 2025)
The court found that the State witnesses, Sophie and Tshepo Sebusi, provided credible and consistent evidence that the accused intentionally drove his motor vehicle into both the deceased and the complainant multiple times. The medical and forensic evidence corroborated the eyewitness accounts, showing multiple injuries consistent with repeated impacts. The accused's version was found to be farfetched, inconsistent, and manufactured as an afterthought. The court concluded that the accused acted with direct intent to kill, and that the killing was premeditated, as evidenced by his conduct befo…
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S v Ciya (KS11/2024) [2025] ZANCHC 59 (21 July 2025)
The High Court acquitted the accused of murder and defeating justice after finding the State’s single-witness and circumstantial evidence unreliable.
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