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Tshegofatso Pule murder: Ntuthuko Shoba’s bail application postponed
Ntuthuko Shoba was applying for bail for the second time today in the Roodepoort Magistrates Court based on new facts.
Ntuthuko Shoba is facing premeditated murder charges after Pule was found hanging from a tree in the veld in Roodepoort last June.
Community members celebrated after the magistrate told Ntuthuko Shoba that he would remain behind bars until his trial.
Ntuthuko Shoba was arrested after his alleged accomplice, Muzikayise Malephane - the man who admitted to killing Pule, had implicated him.
The State upgraded his murder charge to premeditated murder which means he will have to present exceptional circumstances to be granted bail.
Sisters Keeper spokesperson Botlhale Modisane said Pule’s killing was brutal and Shoba should be denied bail.
Ntuthuko Ntokozo Shoba has appeared briefly in the Roodepoort Magistrates Court on Monday and his case was rolled over to next month.
Ntuthuko Ntokozo Shoba appeared briefly in the Roodeport Magistrates Court on Monday following his arrest last week.
On Friday, the High Court in Johannesburg heard Pule's boyfriend allegedly hired a man to murder her because he did not want his wife to find out that she was pregnant.
The man accused of killing her in June last year has pleaded guilty to all four charges against him in the High Court in Johannesburg on Friday.
Muzikayise Malephane was facing charges of murder, defeating the ends of justice as well as unlawful possesion of a firearm and ammunition.
Mzikayise Malephane faces charges of murder, defeating the ends of justice, as well as unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.
President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the scourge of gender-based violence a second pandemic which the country had to contend with in 2020.
A group of women is gathering in Roodepoort to take a stand against gender-based violence.
The accused, Muzikayise Malephane, made a virtual appearance from the Krugersdorp Magistrates Court last month, but community members questioned this and accused the State of protecting him from the wrath of the people.
Muzikayise Malephane appeared in the Roodepoort Magistrates Court on Thursday in connection with the murder of the pregnant 28-year-old.
The prosecution in the Tshegofatso Pule murder case on Thursday asked the Roodepoort Magistrates Court for more time to investigate.
Muzikayise Malephane was scheduled to appear in the dock on Thursday morning, but there's been some kind of mix up around dates.
There were protests of disbelief in the Roodepoort Magistrates Court yesterday when Magistrate John Baloyi postponed the matter to 2 July, saying that murder accused Muzikayise Malephane would make his next appearance virtually.