Simelane case news

On 5 June 2018, Judge Cynthia Pretoria found that the SAPS was biased, and was following an unfair procedure in refusing to pay legal fees in the upcoming murder trial

On 2 August 2019, Thembisile Nkadimeng presented a public lecture about her sister at the Sol Plaatje University to mark the start of Women’s Month.

On 21 August 2019, Simelane was officially declared dead by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. Her family had spent 36 years looking for her following her enforced disappearance

Former apartheid-era security branch members charged with the murder of Nokuthula Simelane appeared in court on 28 January 2020. Following a substantial delay, the trial has been scheduled from 5-30