PORT ELIZABETH, February 4 – The human trafficking case against Nigerian Pastor Timothy Omotoso was provisionally postponed in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Monday. The case was postponed pending an outcome from the Constitutional Court on an application brought by defence attorney Peter Daubermann for Judge Mandela Makaula to recuse himself in the trial. […]
PORT ELIZABETH, November 6 – Three people who claim to belong to the controversial Jesus Dominion International Church (JDI) headed up by rape accused Pastor Timothy Omotoso have launched an urgent application in the Port Elizabeth High Court in an attempt to interdict protest groups from gathering outside the local branch in North End. The […]
PORT ELIZABETH, October 30 – Judge Mandela Makaula on Tuesday dismissed an application in the Port Elizabeth High Court for leave to appeal his earlier decision not to recuse himself in the rape trial involving Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso. In handing down judgment, Makaula said the defence’s argument that he had a “cosy” relationship with […]
PORT ELIZABETH, October 30 – Judge Mandela Makaula on Tuesday dismissed an application in the Port Elizabeth High Court for leave to appeal his earlier decision not to recuse himself in the rape and human trafficking trial involving Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso. Judge Makaula also dismissed an application for leave to appeal his earlier decision […]
PORT ELIZABETH, October 30 – Judgment is expected in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Tuesday in two applications brought by lawyers representing rape and human trafficking accused Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso. Judge Mandela Makaula is expected to hand down judgment on leave to appeal his refusal to recuse himself, as well as his refusal […]
PORT ELIZABETH, October 26 – Rape accused Timothy Omotoso’s case was postponed in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Thursday pending Judge Mandela Makaula’s ruling on two leave to appeal applications brought by the defence. All eyes will be on Makaula next week Tuesday when he will hand down judgment on leave to appeal his […]
JOHANNESBURG, October 23 – The ANC Women’s League’s young women desk on Tuesday lambasted the #TotalShutDown movement accusing its organisers of being obsessed with targeting the league and its president Bathabile Dlamini ahead of government’s conference on gender-based violence next month. The league was responding to #TotalShutDown organisers’ Monday media statement on the Timothy Omotoso […]
PORT ELIZABETH, October 22 – The case against a Nigerian pastor charged with human trafficking and rape has been postponed to Thursday. The case was postponed in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Monday when Judge Mandela Makaula had dismissed an application for him to recuse himself. Makaula ruled that the application by Peter Daubermann, […]
PORT ELIZABETH, October 22 – Tempers flared outside rape accused Timothy Omotoso’s Jesus Dominion International (JDI) church in Port Elizabeth on Sunday as civil society groups and political parties protested, demanding a shutdown of the service. The church service in North End was suspended and congregants left the premises as angry protesters sang and demanded […]
PORT ELIZABETH, October 18 – Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso’s lawyer Peter Daubermann has spoken out after he was followed and harassed by angry protesters outside the Port Elizabeth High Court. “It’s very unfortunate, unnecessary and uncalled for, other than that, I don’t really want to comment,” Daubermann told the African News Agency (ANA) on Thursday. […]