Mthembi court case postponed again

Date: 17 January 2014 By: Elmon Tshikhudo

There seems to be no end in sight of the Doris Mthembi saga.

The troubled former wife of Thohoyandou businessman Mr Goddard Mugwena, who ditched him for former Muvhango actor Joe Ragwala, appeared in court this week for the umpteenth time.

Mthembi was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the Louis Trichardt Regional Court two months ago for making a false statement in an affidavit, claiming Mugwena had kidnapped her at gunpoint and raped her. She is at present serving her sentence in the Thohoyandou Correctional Centre at Matatshe.

The other accused in the case are Ragwala, Vincent Phakula (28) and Moses Ntlenana (24). Magistrate J Coetzee postponed the case to 3 March.

Mthembi's attorney had applied that the case be postponed, due to Mthembi’s illness. Mthembi and Ragwala face many charges, among them conspiring to kill Mugwena in 2009. They allegedly hired two “hit men”, who are now their co-accused in the case.

The case was last heard on 24 October 2013. So far, more than 10 witnesses have already testified and the state has indicated that it would call 30 witnesses. Mr Vusi Segodi is prosecuting.

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Elmon Tshikhudo

Elmon Tshikhudo started off as a photographer. He developed an interest in writing and started submitting articles to local as well as national publications. He became part of the Limpopo Mirror family in 2005 and was a permanent part of the news team until 2019.

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