Zim accused �murderer� case postponed

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A case in which a Zimbabwean, Taku Gandari is standing trial for the murder of his wife Omphile Gandari faces further delays after Gaborone High Court Judge Godfrey Radijeng postponed it to 2018.

The trial in the long-dragging murder case was set to commence yesterday. However Justice Radijeng, who was presiding over the matter for the first time, rescheduled it to April 26, 2018 for status update.

Gandari is accused of the murder of his wife whom they stayed together with their three children at Maipei ward in Mmopane in March 8, 2013. He has been in custody since his arrest five years ago because his residence permit had expired after his arrest, which negated his application for bail. The case was previously presided over by former acting Justice Boipuso Tshweneyagae, whose contract has not been renewed after it expired last month. 

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