Sephuma faces charges after fatal crash

Judith Sephuma was among the many local and international arts who performed at the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz in Newtown Johannesburg the past weekend.290809 Picture: Sizwe Ndingane

Judith Sephuma was among the many local and international arts who performed at the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz in Newtown Johannesburg the past weekend.290809 Picture: Sizwe Ndingane

Published Feb 4, 2013

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Johannesburg - Award-winning jazz and Afro-pop singer Judith Sephuma is being investigated after her car ran over an elderly pedestrian in Soweto, police have confirmed.

 Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela said on Sunday that a case of culpable homicide was being investigated after the singer’s car knocked over the 79-year-old woman on a street last Monday.

 Makhubela said the case was originally one of reckless or negligent driving. However, after the pedestrian died in hospital, it became a culpable homicide case.

 “After the investigation is completed, the case will be taken to court for a decision (on whether to prosecute).”

 A date had not yet been determined for any court action. 

Makhubela said police were waiting for a post-mortem report as well as witness statements and a reading of the speed at which the car was travelling.

 Sephuma grew up in Polokwane and moved to Cape Town in 1994 to study as a jazz vocalist. In 1997 she graduated from UCT with a Performer’s Diploma in Jazz and went on to further study.

 While in the Mother City she performed with bands like the C-Base Collective, the Cape Symphonic Orchestra, UCT’s Big Band and fellow UCT music student Selaelo Selota’s Taola Meropa.

 Her debut album A Cry, A Smile, A Dance was critically acclaimed and she followed it up with New Beginnings.

  Cape Times

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