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EMPD brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi. Photo: JMPD
POLICE CORRUPTION

EMPD deputy chief Mkhwanazi granted bail in third criminal case

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department inspector Witness K have been granted R5,000 bail…

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
3 min read
(Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
BAIL

Judgment reserved on alleged parliament arsonist’s bail appeal

Zandile Christmas Mafe faces charges of setting parliament on fire on 2 January

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
Behind bars: Damilare Adenola was arrested during a Lagos protest against police brutality in February this year. Photo: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP
ENDSARS

Freeing Nigeria’s unjustly imprisoned

Too many Nigerians are stuck in prison for longer than allowed by law – sometimes for crimes they did not commit

  • Aisha Salaudeen
8 min read
ANTI GANG UNIT

Kilian heads to supreme court to appeal bail dismissal

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

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
The bail appeal of murder accused Zane Kilian was not sufficient to tip the balance in his favour, said Judge Ashley Binns-Ward when he dismissed Kilian’s urgent bail appeal on Monday. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ASHLEY BINNS WARD

Court dismisses bail appeal of murder accused Zane Kilian

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…

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
Working conditions, personal circumstances and the ‘militaristic manner’ in which SAPS is managed have a detrimental effect on mental health, say experts. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANDRE LINCOLN

Man accused of top cop’s murder is back in the dock

Bail application proceedings into murder-accused Zane Kilian are expected to resume today after many delays last year.

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
Diplomatic incident: Followers of self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary after their fraud and money-laundering case was postponed after an appearance in court. (Gallo Images / Phill Magakoe)
BAIL

The president, the preacher and the great escape

Malawi’s new president was furious after Shepherd Bushiri’s dramatic disappearance from South Africa

  • Golden Matonga
7 min read
Pastor Shepherd Bushiri (right) and his wife, Mary Bushiri, are facing charges of fraud and money-laundering. (Emmanuel Croset/AFP)
AARON MOTSOALEDI

Motsoaledi blames ‘porous’ and ‘rotten’ borders for Bushiris’ escape

Home affairs minister admits South Africa has weak borders, and that the Bushiris had 10 passports between them

  • Khaya Koko
6 min read
BAIL

eThekwini municipal manager out on bail, but signing off tenders

The NPA is investigating eThekwini municipal manager Sipho Nzuza to determine whether he broke his bail conditions while back at work.

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read
eThekwini’s criminally charged city manager, Sipho Nzuza, believes that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) “erred” when deciding on his bail conditions. (Darren Stewart/Gallo)
ACCOUNTANTS

Durban city manager says NPA erred in his bail conditions

The corruption-fraught metro is coming to grips with having a municipal manager who is on bail for graft, yet has returned to work

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read
If getting bail were easier, we could quickly and cheaply reduce overcrowding in prisons and improve public health at the same time.
BAIL

Bail could be the key to reducing severe prison overcrowding

More than a quarter of prisoners have not been convicted of anything, they just couldn’t meet bail requirements

  • Safura Abdool Karim
5 min read