Nearly 20 years after the so-called arms deal docket came into the mustachioed prosecutor's purview, the corruption case against the former president is still consuming senior State advocate Billy Downer's time and energy, writes <strong>Mandy Wiener</strong>.
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A case of assault has been opened against a man after he alleged smacked an attorney in a Cape Town court.
The attorney was not involved in his matter, but was merely waiting for her matter to be called when the incident unfolded.
The accused apparently became agitated when his
assault case was postponed.
Seemingly agitated by court proceedings, an accused who recently appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate s Court in Cape Town in a case of assault allegedly lashed out at an attorney, who had no connection to his case, slapping her in the face.
Mari Rencken, 47, was sitting next to the accused box in court two last Thursday when the incident unfolded. She was waiting to be called for a matter in which she appeared on behalf of a client.
An accused person who appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate Court in Cape Town in a case of assault allegedly lashed out at an attorney, who had no connection to h
The six suspects were due to appear in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on charges of extortion once charged while the two suspects aged 29 and 36 will appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on rape charges once they have been charged.
Constantia post office reopens after traumatic robbery incident
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Cape Town - The Constantia post office branch, which has been closed since an armed robbery occurred there on April 29, reopened today (Monday), according to the South African Post Office (Sapo).
Responding to enquiries from the Argus after a number of readers had called us to enquire after services at the post office, Sapo spokesperson Johan Kruger said: “The branch was the subject of an armed robbery, and employees were booked off for being traumatised.
“Four employees were affected by the robbery. Fortunately no shots were fired and there were no injuries. Two men pretending to be customers entered the post office, then produced firearms and held up our employees.