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Staff Reporter"> By Staff Reporter - 07 May 2021 - 15:56 Nthuthuko Shoba, the alleged mastermind behind the murder of his eight-month pregnant lover Tshegofatso Pule, appeared at the Roodepoort magistrate's court for a bail hearing. He was denied bail. Image: Deepa Kesa/TimesLIVE A second bid to be released on bail by Ntuthuko Shoba has failed in the Roodepoort magistrate’s court. Magistrate Delize Smith said on Friday it was not in the interest of justice to release him. Shoba is the alleged mastermind behind the murder of his lover Tshegofatso Pule, who was eight...

Ntuthuko Shoba denied bail again, court says ‘nothing compelling’ before it Updated Sibahle Motha Share this: Murder-accused Ntuthuko Shoba was denied bail for the second time in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court on Friday.  Sibahle Motha   Shoba has been accused of the brutal murder of 28-year-old Tshegofatso Pule, who was 8-months pregnant at the time of her death.   Magistrate Delize Smith said Shoba brought no new evidence which would convince the court to grant him bail.      “These are not new facts as anticipated in the bringing of a new bail application. I will however...

Investigating officer Bongani Gerald Mpete said in a statement that Shoba had neglected to inform the court that he partnered with someone else in a business venture and that it can still operate without his involvement. “To this day, the said business is in operation. His business partner was interviewed and he informed me that the applicant did not show much interest in it before his arrest, more so after the arrest of Mr Malephane. “The said business partner informed me that he was the person who is actively involved in the said business full-time and not the applicant. That the applic...

Shoba has previously applied for bail, but was unsuccessful. At the time, magistrate Delize Smith said he had “not shown that he will stand trial”. Responding to Shoba’s affidavit after his last court appearance on April 6, state prosecutor Paseka Temeki told the court that Pule was left to face the pregnancy on her own and was repeatedly left disappointed by Shoba. During court proceedings, Shoba, who was clad all in black, took notes in the dock while Temeki was reading his responding statement. Temeki told the court that Shoba: was absent and always made excuses that he had to work;...

'I felt the need to investigate her disappearance,' says man accused of plotting Tshegofatso Pule's murder Ntuthuko Shoba didn't see the face of the person who his girlfriend Tshegofatso Pule left with but it appeared that she knew the person, court hears 06 April 2021 - 17:31 Ntuthuko Shoba, the man accused of plotting Tshegofatso Pule's murder, is launching a second bail application at the Roodepoort magistrate's court. Image: Veli Nhlapo Ntuthuko Shoba said he “felt the need” to help police investigate the disappearance of Tshegofatso Pule, whose murder he...