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Court awaits confirmation of DNA results for Dube case

VIDEOS: A crowd gathered outside the Seshego Magistrate's Court this morning calling for no bail to be granted to multi-murder accused Themba Dube.

POLOKWANE – Multi-murder accused, Themba Dube will next appear in the Seshego Magistrate’s Court in April on kidnapping and murder charges.

 Dube is accused of kidnapping and murdering seven women from Polokwane and surrounding areas and was positively linked to one murder case after he was found in possession of a cellphone belonging to a woman who was reported missing.

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Once linked to her disappearance, Dube reportedly confessed to killing her, and six other women, and led police to various locations in the city where he had dumped their bodies.

His case is expected to be moved to the Limpopo High Court: Polokwane Division.

Residents in Seshego continue to support the victim’s families by gathering outside the court this morning, calling for no bail.

The community says Dube should not be granted bail because he was ‘intentional about committing murder’.

The matter was postponed to 12 April as the court is still waiting for confirmation of DNA results from two families.

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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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