Clive Ndou Former ANC eMalahleni regional leader Arthur Zwane.
Senior ANC member in Newcastle, Arthur Zwane, who is facing attempted murder charges for allegedly shooting a security guard who asked him to sanitise his hands, will spend Christmas a free man.
The eMadadeni Magistrate Court granted him bail after he spent close to two weeks in jail. Zwane and two others were arrested last month after the incident at a Newcastle hardware store.
An ANC member close to Zwane said the former eMalahleni regional chairperson was released on bail on Wednesday.
Zwane, who is also a former ANC KwaZulu-Natal provincial executive committee (PEC) member, has had brushes with the law before.