Rapport
Derek Sait and Stefan Smit’s widow Zurenah have applied for bail in the Stellenbosch Magistrate's Court.
Sait, a former policeman turned bodyguard, claims that Smit had no faith in the local police.
Sait, co-accused Damon and Sait’s brother Bradley van Eyslend, the head of security, had all been on duty the night of the murder.
Stefan Smit had laid umpteen charges with the police following attacks and robberies on his two Stellenbosch homes since the 1980s, and had turned to private security as he had lost faith in the authorities.
This is according to Derek Sait, a former member of his security detail, now accused of his employer’s murder.