Advocate Malesela Teffo arrested

Teffo is the legal representative for four of the men accused of killing Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa.

JUST IN: The Hillbrow magistrates court has granted Adv Teffo bail of R10 000. Teffo is the legal representative for four of the men accused of killing Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa. Teffo is the legal representative for four of the men accused of killing Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa.

Advocate Malesela Teffo was granted R10,000 bail on Friday after his dramatic arrest the day before in the Pretoria high court when the Senzo Meyiwa trial ...

He said his spirit was not broken and he was more determined than ever, but needed to take instruction on the way forward. Teffo had missed two court appearances in the matter. He said he missed the February date because the investigating officer said he would appear in the Johannesburg regional court when in fact he was to appear in the Hillbrow magistrate's court.

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“His behaviour of absconding whenever he is supposed to come to court will not be tolerated. He claimed, while being handcuffed, that Police Minister Bheki Cele was behind his arrest. A warrant of arrest was issued on that same day.

JOHANNESBURG - Senzo Meyiwa trial defence lawyer, Advocate Malesela Teffo, has been granted R10,000 bail. He was arrested inside court on Thursday, ...

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“Police have a responsibility to arrest a suspect in order to secure his/her attendance in court. “After failing to appear before the Hillbrow magistrate’s court on several occasions, including January 27, a warrant of arrest ... was issued and withheld. “It is also worth noting that advocate Teffo has previously provided various residential addresses to secure his bail. An instruction was then issued by the court for the warrant of arrest to be executed.” Therefore, the execution of the warrant of arrest in this instance was the initiative of the investigating officer in consultation with his commander, which forms part of the members’ daily duties.” “It is important to highlight that after informing the advocate of the execution of the warrant of arrest and informing him of his rights, the advocate went back into the courtroom.

National police commissioner General Fannie Masemola has shed light on the dramatic arrest of the defence lawyer in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, ...

"Police have a responsibility to arrest a suspect in order to secure his/her attendance in court. Advocate Teffo did not co-operate with the investigating officer which warranted the call for the assistance of the Tactical Response Team [TRT] members who were already posted in the same court for escort duties. "According to the investigating officer, as soon as the court adjourned, the investigating officer approached the advocate who was making his way towards the court door.

The family of the late former Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates captain Senzo Meyiwa has broken its silence over the arrest of the defence attorney in the ...

Because we were going there in the court on Thursday, where we thought that we were going to have something that we will present back home. So having that drama is like I don’t know how can I explain it. Teffo was arrested in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday in full view of the media and court officials.

Police arrested Advocate Malesela Teffo, legal representative of accused 1 to 4 in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. Picture by Goitsemang Tlhabye. Published 6h ...

The fact that an advocate, as such an officer of the high court, can be arrested in a courtroom by heavily armed officers desecrates the dignity of that court – and all courts. The arrest is unrelated to the current trial, but rather another case in which the advocate is actually the accused. Johannesburg - South Africans have waited a very long time for Senzo Meyiwa’s killers to face the consequences of their actions – eight years in fact.

Advocate has previously skipped bail, provided false addresses, was the one who walked back into court.

While the intention was to execute the warrant outside the court room, the manner in which the events unfolded made it challenging for the team. An instruction was then issued by the court for the warrant of arrest to be executed. After failing to appear before the Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court on several occasions including on the 27 January 2022, a warrant of arrest (J165) was issued and withheld.

Advocate Malesela Teffo – who has a colourful history of skirmishes with the law – says his arrest on Thursday was a ploy to prevent him from doing his job.