{"id":21536,"date":"2013-07-31T00:32:53","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T22:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/stander-charges-are-put-back-into-place\/"},"modified":"2013-07-31T00:32:53","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T22:32:53","slug":"stander-charges-are-put-back-into-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/stander-charges-are-put-back-into-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Stander charges are put back into place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=11543\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11543\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11543\" alt=\"Taxi driver Njabulo Nyawose in the Port Shepstone Magistrate Court in connection with the death of champion cyclist Burry Stander. Photo: Zanele Zulu \/ Independent Newspapers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/29b23_3828852354.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taxi driver Njabulo Nyawose in the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Port Shepstone\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=-30.75,30.45spn=0.1,0.1q=-30.75,30.45 (Port%20Shepstone)t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Port Shepstone<\/a> Magistrate Court in connection with the death of champion cyclist Burry Stander. Photo: Zanele Zulu \/ Independent Newspapers<\/p>\n<p>The culpable homicide charges against a taxi driver involved in the death of <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/buys-will-race-for-stander-at-world-champs\/\" target=\"_blank\">cyclist Burry Stander<\/a> are <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/charges-drop-against-standers-killer\/\" target=\"_blank\">to be reinstated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month charges against Njabulo Nyawose were withdrawn. This was after the Port Shepstone Magistrate\u2019s Court refused to grant the State another adjournment to wait for a decision from the director of public prosecutions on whether to prosecute.<\/p>\n<p>Nyawose was driving a taxi and Stander was cycling when the two collided in January.<\/p>\n<p>Stander, 25, was killed in the crash. Nyawose was arrested and charged with culpable homicide with an alternative charge of reckless and negligent driving.<\/p>\n<p>The Stander family <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/stander-family-looking-for-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\">were outraged<\/a> by the State\u2019s handling of the matter and demanded an apology.<\/p>\n<p>National Prosecuting Authority spokeswoman Natasha Ramkisson said on Monday that the charges would be reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>She said Ray Sansom, then chief prosecutor for southern KwaZulu-Natal, had received a directive from the office of the director of public prosecutions to prosecute Nyawose.<\/p>\n<p>Culpable homicide would remain the main charge, she said, but the State was considering several alternative charges. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Mercury<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/stander-family-looking-for-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/29b23_182565122_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/stander-family-looking-for-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stander family looking for answers<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/charges-drop-against-standers-killer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/29b23_181778669_80_802.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/charges-drop-against-standers-killer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charges dropped in Stander case<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/buys-will-race-for-stander-at-world-champs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/29b23_186464869_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/buys-will-race-for-stander-at-world-champs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buys will race for Stander at World Champs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/67616_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taxi driver Njabulo Nyawose in the Port Shepstone Magistrate Court in connection with the death of champion cyclist Burry Stander. Photo: Zanele Zulu \/ Independent Newspapers The culpable homicide charges against a taxi driver involved in the death of cyclist Burry Stander are to be reinstated. Earlier this month charges against Njabulo Nyawose were withdrawn. 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