Thabiso Goba10 July 2025 | 10:05
Johan Marais sentenced to 15 years behind bars for murder of Caiphus Nyoka
On 24 August 1987, Marais and his police colleague broke into the Daveyton home of Nyoka and shot him multiple times.
JOHANNESBURG - Former apartheid era police officer Johan Marais has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars for the murder of student activist Caiphus Nyoka.
On 24 August 1987, Marais and his police colleague broke into the Daveyton home of Nyoka and shot him multiple times.
Nyoka was a 23-year-old activist at the time with the African National Congress (ANC)-aligned Congress of South African Students.
Marais entered a guilty plea in 2024, saying the incident had caused him severe emotional trauma.
The court breaks into song as Judge Mokhine Mosopa announced Johan Marais has been sentenced to 15-years imprisonment. TCG pic.twitter.com/3xtaEN7QYF
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) July 10, 2025