Igna Stretch News Today

The Bhisho high court has dismissed an application by one of the accused in the Nelson Mandela funeral fraud case to have evidence ruled inadmissible.Former Dr WB Rubusana regional ANC chair Pumlani Mkolo had challenged the admissibility of cellphone records, leading to a trial within a trial in 2020.

An unimpressed high court judge presiding over the trial of accused including former Buffalo City Metro officials and businesspeople has come down hard on the prosecution after yet another postponement.

Daughter's evidence found to have been "inconsistent" and "unreliable".

Former local ANC chair Pumlani Mkolo helped her through a difficult time, says Zintle Nkuhlu.

Bhisho High Court judge Igna Stretch has ruled that allowing information and documents produced by the state after September 9 in the fraud trial of former BCM politicians, officials and business people would be in breach of the accuseds'' rights to a fair hearing.

The ANC in the Eastern Cape has welcomed high court judge Igna Stretch's decision to rescind her last week's ruling that 37 branch general meetings held in the ANC region of Dr WB Rubusana (Buffalo City) were unlawful.

The ANC in the Eastern Cape has averted a political crisis after a court ruling, which could have had serious consequences for the party's elected leadership, was rescinded.



A ruling that may have raised questions over the ANC leadership in the Eastern Cape was rescinded by the courts on Friday. On Tuesday, judge Igna Stretch ruled in the East London high court that about 40 branch general meetings held in the WB Rubusana region between February and March were unconstitutional.

ANC provincial chair and premier Oscar Mabuyane was tight-lipped on Wednesday after a court ruling left a cloud hovering over his re-election. But the provincial executive committee he leads, and Dr WB Rubusana regional executive committee, vowed to fight the nullification of branches. The East London high court declared “unlawful and unconstitutional” branch biennale general meetings (BBGMs) and branch general meetings (BGMs) convened in the Buffalo City Metro’s ANC Dr WB Rubusana region ...

After several postponement applications by officials and politicians facing fraud and money laundering charges in the Buffalo City Metro, their trial has finally resumed.