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  • Ntuthuko Shoba in the dock on 26 January 2022. He is accused of masterminding the murder of Tshegofatso Pule. Picture: Kgomotso Modise/Eyewitness News

    Ntuthuko Shoba's application for discharge dismissed

    Ntuthuko Shoba, who is accused of calling a hit on his girlfriend Tshegofatso Pule, made the application on Monday morning.

    177 days ago
  • Ntuthuko Shoba in the High Court in Johannesburg on 1 February 2022. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Ntuthuko Shoba's defence brings Section 174 application seeking his discharge

    Shoba is accused of ordering a hit on his pregnant girlfriend, Tshegofatso Pule.

    177 days ago
  • The alleged mastermind behind Tshegofatso Pule's murder and her boyfriend, Ntuthuko Shoba, appeared in the Roodepoort Magistrates Court on 22 February 2021. Picture: @NPA_Prosecutes/Twitter.

    Alleged mastermind behind Tshegofatso Pule’s murder returns to court

    Ntuthuko Shoba is accused of calling a hit on his eight months pregnant girlfriend in June in 2020.

    178 days ago
  • Ntuthuko Shoba in the High Court in Johannesburg on 1 February 2022. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Forensic expert tells court there were threats from Shoba to Pule

    Ntuthuko Shoba made a brief appearance in court on Wednesday morning; he is the accused mastermind behind his 8-month pregnant girlfriend’s murder.

    181 days ago
  • Ntuthuko Shoba in the High Court in Johannesburg on 1 February 2022. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Alleged mastermind behind Tshegofatso Pule’s murder returns to court

    Ntuthuko Shoba who was Pule's boyfriend is accused of hiring Muzikayise Malephane who confessed to shooting the young woman.

    181 days ago
  • Ntuthuko Shoba, the man accused of masterminding the murder of Tshegofatso Pule appears in the Johannesburg High Court on the first day of his murder trial. Picture: Thando Kubheka/Eyewitness News

    Shoba murder trial: State criticised for not informing court of witness delay

    Judge Stuart Wilson was visibly annoyed when State attorney Faghrey Mohammed told the court that the matter could not continue as the final witness, Colonel Maimela, could not come to court.

    182 days ago
  • Ntuthuko Shoba. Picture: Kgomotso Modise/Eyewitness News

    Court hears Pule and Shoba were on good terms the day she received threats

    Ntuthuko Shoba, who was Pule's boyfriend, is being tried for being the alleged mastermind behind her murder in June 2020.

    183 days ago
  • Tshegofatso Pule was killed and her body hung in Durban Deep in Roodepoort, in Gauteng, in June 2020. Picture: Supplied

    Tshegofatso Pule’s friend recalled to witness stand as murder trial continues

    Shoba is the accused mastermind behind his pregnant girlfriend's murder Pule who was shot and hanged from a tree in Durban Deep in 2020.

    183 days ago
  • Ntuthuko Shoba in the High Court in Johannesburg on 1 February 2022. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Tshegofatso Pule murder trial: Shoba’s defence recalls State’s first witness

    Ntuthuko Shoba Shoba is the alleged mastermind behind the murder of his pregnant girlfriend, Tshegofatso Pule, in 2020.

    188 days ago
  • Ntuthuko Shoba in the High Court in Johannesburg on 1 February 2022. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Pule murder: Witness points out inconsistencies in defence's version of events

    Sergeant Mpe Teme is sticking to his guns, detailing how Ntuthuko Shoba had a sim swap done after police confiscated his cellphone for further investigations.

    188 days ago
  • The alleged mastermind behind Tshegofatso Pule's murder and her boyfriend, Ntuthuko Shoba, appeared in the Roodepoort Magistrates Court on 22 February 2021. Picture: @NPA_Prosecutes/Twitter.

    Court to hear evidence on Shoba’s phone activity on the day Pule was murdered

    Ntuthuko Shoba' is being tried as the alleged mastermind who arranged a hit on Tshegofatso Pule, whose body was found hanging from a tree in Durban Deep in June 2020.

    188 days ago
  • Ntuthuko Shoba, the man accused of masterminding the murder of Tshegofatso Pule appears in the Johannesburg High Court on the first day of his murder trial. Picture: Thando Kubheka/Eyewitness News

    Shoba withheld a second cellphone while being questioned by police, court told

    Sergeant Mpe Teme told the court that when he initially called Shoba in for questioning, he willingly gave his phone over to police, which they searched.

    189 days ago
  • Ntuthuko Shoba in the High Court in Johannesburg on 1 February 2022. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Tshegofatso Pule's family says hearing details of her death traumatic

    Tshegofatso Pule's uncle, Tumisang Katake, said that being in court and hearing how his niece was murdered had been traumatic.

    189 days ago
  • Ntuthuko Shoba in the High Court in Johannesburg on 1 February 2022. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Pule murder trial: State links cellphone number to alleged mastermind

    Ntuthuko Shoba was arrested last year after the man convicted of Tshegofatso Pule's murder entered into a plea agreement with the State to testify against him.

    190 days ago
  • Ntuthuko Shoba appeared in the Johannesburg high court on Tuesday, 25 January for the second day of trial for the murder of Tshegofatso Pule. Picture: Kgomotso Modise/EWN.

    Witness says Shoba and Malephane met but can't say if transaction took place

    Muzi Khumalo has testified that he was not aware that the killer was selling banned substances during the hard lockdown as claimed by Ntuthuko Shoba, but he could not deny that a transaction may have taken place on the day - he said that he saw the two men together.

    191 days ago
  • Tshegofatso Pule (28) was found stabbed and hanging from a tree in Durban Deep, Roodepoort. Picture: Twitter

    Tshegofatso Pule's phone inactive for 3 hours on night she was killed - expert

    The cellphone expert in the Tshegofatso Pule murder trial is expected to continue giving evidence in the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday morning.

    191 days ago
  • Ntuthuko Shoba in the dock on 26 January 2022. He is accused of masterminding the murder of Tshegofatso Pule. Picture: Kgomotso Modise/Eyewitness News

    Cellphone records place Pule at Shoba’s home on the evening she died

    Warrant officer Andries van Tonder was tasked with collating information from several numbers, which are key to the investigation, including Tshegofatso Pule’s on the day of her disappearance.

    191 days ago
  • Ntuthuko Shoba in the dock on 26 January 2022. He is accused of masterminding the murder of Tshegofatso Pule. Picture: Kgomotso Modise/Eyewitness News

    He wanted cigarettes: Shoba’s lawyers say he wasn't involved in Pule’s murder

    Ntuthuko Shoba, who is the alleged mastermind behind Pule's murder, is standing trial in the Johannesburg High Court.

    194 days ago
  • Ntuthuko Shoba in the dock on 26 January 2022. He is accused of masterminding the murder of Tshegofatso Pule. Picture: Kgomotso Modise/Eyewitness News

    Ntuthuko Shoba denies that he wanted Tshegofatso Pule to have an abortion

    Shoba is standing trial for Pule’s murder and defeating the ends of justice. He is the alleged mastermind who hired the man convicted of killing Pule, Muzikayise Malephane.

    195 days ago
  • Tshegofatso Pule (28) was found stabbed and hanging from a tree in Durban Deep, Roodepoort. Picture: Twitter

    Malephane: I shot Tshegofatso Pule because I couldn’t hang her alive

    Malephane has been testifying in the trial against Ntuthuko Shoba, the alleged mastermind behind Pule's death.

    195 days ago
  • Muzikayise Malephane, the man convicted of killing Tshegofatso Pule, in the dock on 25 January 2022. Picture: Kgomotso Modise/Eyewitness News.

    Muzikayise Malephane details Tshegofatso Pule's final moments

    Muzikayise Malephane is on the witness stand for a third day where he is testifying against the alleged mastermind Ntuthuko Shoba.

    195 days ago
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