Caiphus Nyoka’s killer Johan Marais gets 15 years as court cites lack of remorse
10 July 2025 – Shonisani Tshikalange
Former apartheid police officer Johan Marais has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment by the Pretoria high court for the 1987 murder of student activist Caiphus Nyoka.
Maris had pleaded guilty and was convicted of premeditated murder.
On Thursday, the Pretoria High Court sentenced former apartheid police officer, Johan Marais to 15 years behind bars.
On 24 August 1987, Marais and his colleagues fatally shot Nyoka multiple times outside his Daveyton home.
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More than three decades after the brutal killing of Caiphus Nyoka, a student activist during the apartheid era, former police officer Johan Marais has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his murder.
The ruling, handed down today, Thursday, 10 July marks a significant moment in the ongoing pursuit of justice for victims of the apartheid regime.
On the night of 24 August 1987, Marais and a colleague broke into the Daveyton home of 23-year-old Nyoka.
Johan Marais: Ex-apartheid officer sentenced to 15 years for murder of Caiphus Nyoka
Former apartheid officer Johan Marais has been sentenced to 15 years for the 1987 murder of student activist Caiphus Nyoka.
Court sentences Johan Marais to 15 years for Caiphus Nyoka murder
The sentencing took place on Thursday at the Pretoria High Court. The courtroom erupted into song as Judge Mokhine Mosopa announced the 15-year prison term.
Marais, now 66, pleaded guilty, admitting that he acted under an unlawful order and expressed remorse for his actions.
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The judge said he hoped Johan Marais would use his sentence to reflect and reconsider testifying against his co-accused.
Johan Marais has been sentenced to 15 years for the killing of anti-apartheid activist Caiphus Nyoka by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.
The student activist from Daveyton, Gauteng, was killed in an alleged confrontation with police during a raid on his backyard room on 24 August 1987.
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