Tshabalala to appear in court in October :: Mmegi Online

After playing the Botswana government hide and seek for six years, South African Kwaito star, Tokollo Tshabalala also known as 'Magesh' of 'No1 Tsotsi' fame will appear before the village magistrates court on October 2 to answer for the death of Gaborone businesswoman, Maria Monyatsi in 2001 in a car accident.

Chief prosecution counsel, Matlhogonolo Phuthego of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said yesterday that Tshabalala volunteered to come to Botswana to face trial after there were many unsuccessful attempts to extradite him.

He said that the case was supposed to be registered in court yesterday but the DPP learned that his defence attorney was not an advocate. "The procedure in Botswana is that he can only be represented by an advocate from outside, permitted by the High Court or a local lawyer," said Phuthego.

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