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BACK IN COURT: Sheryl Cwele and Frank Nabolisa during their conviction by the Pietermaritzburg High Court in May last year for dealing in drugs. Photo: JACKIE CLAUSEN

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THE Supreme Court of Appeal will today hear an appeal by Sheryl Cwele and Nigerian Frank Nabolisa against their convictions and sentences.

Cwele, former wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, and Nabolisa were convicted of drug dealing by the Pietermaritzburg High Court and each sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment.

Cwele, 50, is appealing against her conviction only, while Nabolisa is appealing both his conviction andsentence.

Cwele and Nabolisa were found guilty in May 2011 of recruiting two women to transport drugs.

Both had pleaded not guilty to conspiring to deal in drugs, to procuring a woman, Charmaine Moss, to collect drugs in Turkey, and to procuring another woman, Tessa Beetge, to smuggle cocaine from South America.

According to papers filed at the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein, Cwele wants the court to look at whether her guilt had been established beyond a reasonable doubt.

While she may have arranged for the two women to travel overseas, she did not know it was for a nefarious purpose, she has submitted in papers.

The SCA was also asked to consider whether the only inference to be drawn from the proven facts was that Cwele and Nabolisa had jointly recruited drug mules.

Nabolisa was in custody, and Cwele out on R100000 bail, pending their appeals.

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Aug 16, 2012

Socrates

I am truely bored of the ANC's preferencial treatment, a person is found guilty and yet still roam our streets, ANC will rue the day the loose our votes
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Aug 16, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

Thsi woman never ives up maan!
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Aug 16, 2012

Tobby

This facken woman, who teach children how to use drugs instead of discouraging that must be prosetuted, just because she's in anc does not mean she's not guilty, I wish she was cought in another country, fucken thing, they like money tooooo much greedy bustards.
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Aug 16, 2012

Bizzabo

Tobby
she had been prosecuted alread!
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Aug 16, 2012

Sinudeity_

Is this dealer of death still not in prison yet?
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Aug 16, 2012

Sinudeity_

"Innocent until proven guilty"



No what?
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Aug 16, 2012

Maratachelete

I wish she had smuggled the drugs in China,then she'd never see the time of day,quite literally.
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Aug 16, 2012

candilious

@Maratachelete-If only hey



@Sin - Hi there piece of cake


@Socrates -thats what you get for fighting for freedom and being inexile .........Fact
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Aug 16, 2012

OLDLADY4

So what is she saying was the purpose for her recruiting these two women to go overseas? Does she own a model agency or something?
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Aug 16, 2012

Mbeki_2

Oh, so while she was working for the South coast municipality, she was also a TRAVEL AGENT. By the way, although she was fired she is STILL getting her salary until this appeal was heard. WTF - talk about cadre deployment !
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