Jenni Evans
The bail application of Nafiz Modack and five others on racketeering charges has been postponed again.
His laywer is bringing an application for the State to give him the finer details of the sprawling allegations against him.
The State is however holding its cards close to its chest saying these would only be available once the investigation wraps up.
The bail application of alleged Cape crime boss Nafiz Modack was mired in a flurry of paperwork demanding the finer details of the case the State is building against him and his co-accused.
Modack s presence in the dock of the Blue Downs Regional Court on Friday was under close police guard. Modack and his co-accused face an array of charges include murder, attempted murder, money laundering, corruption and gang activity.
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A former Cape Times journalist, now working at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Kwanele Butana was among people shot at Mfuleni on Sunday, and is fighting for his life in hospital.
Magistrate in Modack case to get additional security following shooting Delft based lieutenant colonel Koliswa Vani was killed in the same shooting at a carwash in Mfuleni on Sunday. FILE: Nafiz Modack in court on 17 January 2018. Picture: Kevin Brandt/Eyewitness News.
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CAPE TOWN - The magistrate presiding over a case against alleged crime boss Nafiz Modack could get additional security after he was wounded in a shooting.
Delft based lieutenant colonel Koliswa Vani was killed in the same shooting at a carwash in Mfuleni on Sunday.
Her three-year-old grandson was wounded along with two other people.
The Department of Justice Development on Monday said Magistrate A Mashala was shot at and lieutenant colonel Vani was unfortunately killed when gunmen opened fire.