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Advocate Mokwena to stand trial in 2019

Mokwena was arrested in June 2017 following a shooting incident at a citrus farm in Zebediela

POLOKWANE – Advocate Tumi Mokwena, who is facing four attempted murder charges, appeared in the Polokwane Magistrates Court on Monday, 11 June.

Read more: Polokwane lawyer arrested following Zebediela shooting

The trial for the case is set to begin on 8 February 2019 and this will also allow for further police investigations.

Read more: Tumi Mokwena to go on trial says NPA

Mokwena allegedly shot four farm workers at the Zebediela Citrus Farm outside Lebowakgomo in June 2017 and was arrested at his office in Polokwane on 22 June 2017.

He also opened a case against the farm workers, but no steps have been taken against the perpetrators.

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Mokwena is currently out on R1 200 bail.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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