Crime & Courts

The 58-year-old televangelist allegedly trafficked women from various branches of his church to a house in KwaZulu-Natal, where he allegedly sexually exploited them.The defence lawyer representing a Nigerian pastor and his two alleged accomplices charged with human trafficking brought an application in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Monday to have a total of 63 charges and 34 alternative charges against them squashed.

He has denied that he is on the run, stating that he has just been preoccupied in Cape Town.A warrant of arrest has been issued for an unidentified church leader and member of the ANC’s Concerned South Africans Group after he failed to hand himself over to police despite promising to do so.

Johannesburg - The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has asserted that charging Bonang Matheba for over a dozen counts of tax evasion is a signal to other dodgers that non-compliance will not be tolerated.

Minna-A Magistrates’ Court in Minna has ordered the remand of a 20-year-old housewife, Zulai Kabiru, standing trial for allegedly killing her eight-months-old step daughter. The...

Almost 200 people have gone on trial in northern Mozambique accused of belonging to an Islamist militant group which has killed more than 200 people over the last year.

The family of slain Rongo University student Sharon Otieno has appealed to well-wishers to assist them in the burial of their daughter.The family on Monday said the cost of burial is estimated at more than Sh1 million.

"The memory still haunts me - that black Tuesday in September 2001 - that day changed my life forever," he told the BBC Tigrinya service."I woke up before the crack of dawn to the sound of pounding boots and shouted commands," he remembers.

With only slightly more than two of his eight-year sentence for child rape served behind bars, convicted paedophile Bob Hewitt is set to launch an application for early parole.

Manila - The Philippines said Tuesday it wants justice for the death of a Filipina allegedly killed by her Swedish husband in Sweden.

Pretoria - Several public order police unit members were stationed outside the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Tuesday morning ahead of an appearance of a 20-year-old man accused of raping a six-year-old girl in the bathroom of the Dros restaurant in Silverton.