{"id":46862,"date":"2026-09-30T09:32:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46862"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:32:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:32:04","slug":"uk-fugitive-ndodana-tshuma-back-in-court-over-murder-charges","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/uk-fugitive-ndodana-tshuma-back-in-court-over-murder-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"UK fugitive Ndodana Tshuma back in court over murder charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The case against United Kingdom (UK) fugitive and multiple murders accused Ndodana Tshuma is due back in Gauteng Province&#8217;s Johannesburg Magistrates court today.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Proceedings hit a snag during the accused&#8217;s previous court appearance earlier this month after the court found that Tshuma&#8217;s plea, the state&#8217;s documentation, and the relevant provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act did not align.<\/p>\n<p>Tshuma had pleaded guilty to Firearm and Firearms Control Act-related charges, including possessing an unlicensed pistol and ammunition when he was arrested in Johannesburg in June.<\/p>\n<p>The case was then postponed to today to allow the state to make the necessary consultations and address the court&#8217;s concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The Zimbabwean British national is wanted in the UK for the triple murder of his wife, Zandile, and their two daughters, 15-year-old Natalie and five-year-old Nala in July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":44938,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-46862","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Tshuma is due back in Johannesburg Magistrates court","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46862","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46864,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46862\/revisions\/46864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}