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Nortier worked as a state prosecutor, before going into private practice.
Leon Nortier.
Supplied Supplied What happened … terrible. So shocking, she told News24 on Wednesday.
She described him as a brilliant legal mind who would solve conundrums in ways others wouldn’t even have considered. We used to discuss legal cases at length and he would come up with great solutions. He was a great person … What happened is surreal.
Prosecutor Christenus van der Vijver, who got to know Nortier in the early 1990s when he joined the Director of Public Prosecutions’ office, said he was shocked by his former colleague’s death. They had just recently discussed a legal question surrounding labour law, an area he said Nortier specialised in.
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Alleged underworld figure Nafiz Modack appeared in court for a second successive day on Tuesday, alongside an Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) officer, to face charges of corruption.
The State alleges that Modack paid his co-accused, Sergeant Ashley Tabisher, R10,000 for information about AGU investigations against him.
The case, held in the Bishop Lavis Magistrates’ Court, was postponed until Monday to set a date for a bail application. Western Cape National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila indicated that the State would oppose bail.
Modack also faces charges of conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, being part of a criminal gang, and conspiring to acquire and possessing an explosive device, related to five murder attempts on AGU regional commander Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear, who was shot dead outside his Bishop Lavis home on 18 September 2020.
Former deputy mayor appears for allegedly taking out funeral policies on residents
By Siyabonga Kalipa
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Cape Town - A former Langeberg deputy mayor made a second court appearance on charges of fraud this week after taking out insurance policies on residents in his community.
According to community leader Thembani Mgoqi, Wiseman Mnyamana had taken out a funeral policy on a young man from the area, Yongama Mthetho.
Mthetho was found dead on a pig farm earlier this month. Police have, however, not linked anyone to the murder.
“He did make some claims with other insurance companies, but some decided to investigate before paying out and found out he was trying to defraud them and cancelled the insurance,” said Mgoqi.