S v Cronje (19113) [2019] ZAWCHC 133
Monday, 14 October 2019
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY The court was tasked with considering whether or not the sentence passed in the trial court was in accordance with justice, in terms of section 304 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 51 of 1977 (“the Act”). The accused appeared before the magistrate in Muizenberg in the district of Simon’s Town and
- Published in 2019, Criminal Law, Jurisdiction, Review, Sentencing
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JOUBERT V S (642/2016) [2017] ZASCA 3; 2017 (1) SACR 497 (SCA) (3 MARCH 2017))
Monday, 20 August 2018
BACKGROUND The Appellant, an accountant by profession, was convicted in the Nelspruit Regional Court on 20 counts of fraud relating to false VAT claims made to the South African Revenue Service and was subsequently sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment, wholly suspended on certain conditions for a period of five years. The Appellant petitioned the Gauteng
- Published in News, 2018, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure
S v Nyembezi (362/2017) [2018] ZAGPPHC 203 (11 April 2018)
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
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,
- Published in News, 2018, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure
