They are the same gun. They're based on the
Beretta 92 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Taurus sells it as the P92. Vektor sells it as the Z88 under license from Beretta for use by the SAPS.
The gun used in that other case that was cited was the accused police officer's
service weapon (Z88) and it is semi-automatic, and virtually identical to OP's Taurus.
The way the judge described it, I think some have interpreted as "automatic" but he's just quoting what the accused's counsel described as the mechanism for reloading bullets in a semi-automatic with a recoil reloading mechanism.
Bottom line:
same gun