{"id":2388,"date":"2026-10-16T18:35:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2026-10-16T18:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:35:32","slug":"diepsloot-pastor-accused-of-rape-and-murder-abandons-bail-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/?p=2388","title":{"rendered":"DIEPSLOOT PASTOR ACCUSED OF RAPE AND MURDER ABANDONS BAIL BID"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>JOHANNESBURG \u2013 Self-proclaimed pastor Caiphus Mkhawane and one of his wives have abandoned their bail applications in the case involving the death of four-month-old Promise Rabela and the alleged rape of her mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mkhawane and his two wives are facing multiple charges, including murder, rape, kidnapping, human trafficking, fraud and conspiracy to commit murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case is linked to allegations that the attack was carried out in an attempt to secure a funeral insurance payout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third accused is still pursuing bail, while Mkhawane and one of his wives will remain in custody following the abandonment of their bail bids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The matter is expected back in court on 23 October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG \u2013 Self-proclaimed pastor Caiphus Mkhawane and one of his wives have abandoned their bail applications in the case involving the death of four-month-old Promise Rabela and the alleged rape&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[208,248,26,68],"class_list":["post-2388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-city-of-johannesburg","tag-crime-update","tag-diepsloot-news","tag-gauteng-community-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388\/revisions\/2389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}