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Babita Doekaran murder case postponed

Babita Deokaran murder case postponed until 1 October for bail applications.

Six people accused of her murder appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

The Gauteng Health finance official was killed outside her Johannesburg home last month.

Deokaran was a key whistleblower in the SIU’s PPE tender investigations.

Source: eNCA

In other news – Latest on neighbour who beat up DJ Tira’s wife Gugu until she was hospitalised

Cynthia O’Neil, the neighbour to Afrotainment boss and record producer Mthokozisi “DJ Tira” Khathi, is out on warning after allegedly assaulting the popular musician’s wife, Gugu.

Gugu Khathi and DJ Tira

O’Neil made a brief appearance at the Roodepoort Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, where the matter was postponed to September 22. National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane confirmed that O’Neil faces a charge of common assault and that the matter “was postponed for further investigations”. Learn More

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