Lynn Williams

A Gqeberha accountant and her former employer from whom she stole R18m were both in tears in the specialised commercial crimes court on Monday, when pre-sentencing procedures got underway.

The three men accused of robbing Fischer's Jewellers in Gqeberha made a brief appearance in the city's magistrate's court on Friday where their formal bail applications were postponed.

The kidnapping trial of a Gqeberha biokineticist that got underway in the city's regional court on Monday, has been postponed to next year.

The financial woes of Riana Pretorius' ex-boyfriend, her recollection of events on the day she was kidnapped, and why she had become the target of a kidnapping came under scrutiny in the Gqeberha regional court on Tuesday.

Pretorius burst into tears as she described hearing her Dad's voice on the phone, while running to safety in a dazed and bewildered state after a R1m ransom had been secured.

The alleged orchestrator of the mass murders of 18 people in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, is already behind bars serving a life sentence.

Gqeberha rape survivor, Alison Botha on Tuesday said though she is nervous for the road ahead, she is determined to make a full recovery.

Closing arguments were heard in the trial against three Chinese Nationals who have been charged in connection with the illegal exportation of about 40 tons of perlemoen valued at R100 million.

The Judge in the Stella Londt murder trial has dismissed an application by one of the accused for her to recuse herself from the case.