{"id":28099,"date":"2026-03-09T10:48:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T08:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28099"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:48:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T08:48:48","slug":"nine-suspects-due-in-sa-court-for-murder-of-tut-lecturer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nine-suspects-due-in-sa-court-for-murder-of-tut-lecturer\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine suspects due in SA\u00a0court for murder of\u00a0TUT\u00a0lecturer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Nine suspects arrested in connection with the killing of a part time lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) are appearing before the Soshanguve Magistrate&#8217;s Court today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The matter was postponed last week to allow the accused time to prepare for a formal bail application.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The lecturer was allegedly assaulted and killed by a group of community members in Soshanguve about two weeks ago, following accusations that he had raped two minors aged eight and twelve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The accused, Koketso Mlambo, Thapelo Mothimane, Maulatlala Solomon, Kholofelo Phasha, Kabelo Mathiba, Koketso Masuku, Lerato Matlala, Marry Masuku and Marry Phasha are all facing charges of murder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Meanwhile, the brother of one of the accused, Charles Mothiba, says the family is hopeful that justice will be served as the court process unfolds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14049,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-28099","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28100,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28099\/revisions\/28100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=28099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}