The alleged victims of an attorney accused of scamming five car accident survivors, including a former world boxing champion, want the fraud accused to be denied bail.Manfred Chinamasa, 52, had his bail bid in the East London magistrate’s court postponed yet again on Thursday owing to load-shedding and court congestion.
Four Tsolo brothers and a family friend accused of killing five relatives in Tshisane village in December failed to convince the town’s magistrate’s court to release them on bail on Friday. The Sikwatsha brothers Chumile, 26, and Aviwe, 32, Asanda, 27, and Siphenathi, 22, and Menelisi Somtsewu, 36, are accused of the murder of 82-year-old Nofumanekile George, her 50-year-old daughter, Nkosazana, and her three grandsons, Sabelo, Mawethu and Ongama.
The much anticipated Mandela fraud trial has been delayed by three months after it was postponed on Tuesday to allow former Dr WB Rubusana region chair Pumlani Mkolo to petition the constitutional court.
An urgent application brought to the East London high court by some disgruntled members to interdict the Dr WB Rubusana region from participating in the 9th ANC provincial conference has been struck off the roll.