Rameez Patel in front of his mother's house during a loco inspection which took place in 2017.
POLOWKANE – The Polokwane Magistrates Court has referred the murder case of Rameez Patel’s mother, Mehjabeen, to the Limpopo High Court.
Mehjabeen Patel (51), and her domestic worker were at home around 19:00 on Tuesday, 19 September 2017 when she was shot and wounded. She was rushed to hospital where she succumbed to her injuries a few hours later.
Patel, who stands accused of murdering his wife, Fatima at their home in Nirvana in 2015, was arrested nine days later and charged with the murder of his mother.
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
