Strengthened oversight of South Africa’s uncontrolled private security industry will be welcome.
About 24 police officers were sent to protect the team investigating murder of Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear
Zane Kilian arrested last year for the murder of top cop Charl Kinnear
Last month state prosecutor Greg Wolmarans accused defence lawyers of being ambivalent in presenting their bail application
As Nafiz Modack and his co-accused wait to hear if they will be granted bail, the court dismissed another application to drop certain charges against them.
The businessman and alleged underworld figure claims he is ‘severely prejudiced’ by his ‘lack of knowledge’ of the charges against him
The state alleges Modack ‘managed’ illegal operations between October 2019 and September 2020
Zane Kilian has been denied further information into the charges against him, which include murder, unlawful interception of communications and fraud
The high court and the magistrate’s court have rejected bids for bail by Zane Kilian, one of the accused in the murder of top cop Charl Kinnear
The bail hearing of alleged underworld figure Nafiz Modack and his co-accused is delayed as defence asks for more information
Judge says appellant’s evidence ‘riddled with improbabilities and untruths’ and defence failed to prove any exceptional circumstances that would allow bail under schedule six charges
The urgent bail appeal of Zane Kilian was heard in the Western Cape high court
The bail application hearing of alleged underworld figure Nafiz Modack and co-accused has been postponed to 24 May
Nafiz Modack is the second person to be charged with killing Charl Kinnear and five others are accused of conspiracy to commit murder, among 61 other charges
The state’s case against Nafiz Modack and co-accused has been transferred to the Blue Downs regional court over security concerns
The Hawks backtrack after saying four suspects arrested last week would be charged with murder; one of their own also arrested on charges of corruption