This will apply in all other bail applications in the matters listed above. @LindA_MniSii
[ICYMI] Members of the media told that they can take the bail application live but can't take witness testimonies live or even reveal their identities. Sound of the testimonies can be pre-recorded and played later. @LindA_MniSii
Inside court, members of the media on standby for the arrival of the accused. #KatlegoBereng's aunt, Poppie Bereng also in the court gallery. @LindA_MniSii
Accused number 6 Motenyane Masukela ordered to remove his sunglasses in court. He told the court that he used them to cope with the glaring light in court. @LindA_MniSii
JUST IN: Dr Nandipha Magudumana's lawyers asks to have her bail application rolled over to the 16th of May in light of the emergence of new "critical evidence". They stress that Magudumana has not abandoned bail. @LindA_MniSii
JUST IN: Magistrate grants Dr Nandipha Magudumana the order to have her bail application rolled over to the 16th of May. This is the day her father, Zolile Sekeleni and #ThaboBester will be back in court. Magudumana leaves the court. @LindA_MniSii
The state now deals with the charges against the accused. It officially places on record the "provisional withdrawal of the murder charge" in this matter. @LindA_MniSii
Media now ordered to stop live broadcast as witness evidence will now be led in court. @LindA_MniSii
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[THREAD] The Bloemfontein Magistrates Court has heard how the car that drove #KatlegoBereng's body into the Mangaung Prison was allegedly hired by #DrNandiphaMagudumana's father, Zolile Sekeleni at the OR Tambo International Airport. @LindA_MniSii
That vehicle allegedly travelled to Mangaung where it was allegedly driven by Senohe Matsaora, carrying Bereng's body, into Mangaung Prison. @LindA_MniSii
Matsoara is said to have received the body at a fake funeral conducted at a certain house in Mangaung. In the grave, Investigators found 3 10kg mealie meal bags placed inside the coffin. #DrNandiphaMagudumana allegedly claimed the body.
[WATCH] The 5 accused persons in the #ThaboBester prison escape case arrive in court for the continuation of bail applications. @LindA_MniSii
The father of Teboho Lipholo told Newzroom Afrika that he accompanied his son to the taxis not knowing that he was going to meet with a police officer to talk about the #ThaboBester escape case. Lipholo was arrested in that same meeting. @LindA_MniSii
A state witness told the court yesterday that Lipholo called the police saying he wanted to arrange a meeting with an officer he could trust. He allegedly said he was "scared his colleagues and community would kill him"... @LindA_MniSii
Happening Now: The ANC is hosting an energy symposium at UJ. DMRE minister Gwede Mantashe and DPE minister Pravin Gordhan due to make an address and will be followed by a panel discussion. #ANC#energycrisis
Fikile Mbalula at ANC energy symposium: Gwede Mantashe is under attack. I can see that. I know where that attack is coming from. But Gwede Mantashe is not running Eskom.. Eskom is run by De Ruyter and is under Pravin Gordhan. Eskom reports to Pravin Gordhan. #Newzroom405
Loadshedding hit the ANC energy symposium at UJ earlier. Since then they've been struggling to get the virtual speakers back online and ready. Mbalula remarks on the loadshedding interruption: "That is the elephant in the room,"