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Judgment reserved on alleged parliament arsonist’s bail appeal

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

Behind bars: Damilare Adenola was arrested during a Lagos protest against police brutality in February this year. Photo: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP

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

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

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)

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…

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)

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.

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)

The president, the preacher and the great escape

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

Pastor Shepherd Bushiri (right) and his wife,
Mary Bushiri, are facing charges of fraud and money-laundering. (Emmanuel Croset/AFP)

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

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.

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)

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

If getting bail were easier, we could quickly and cheaply reduce overcrowding in prisons and improve public health at the same time.

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