The state has laid out its case against the nine men and a woman arrested in connection with a series of attacks on University of Fort Hare officials, including two murders.
Fresh from losing an appeal in the Makhanda high court, the University of Fort Hare’s investigations and vetting director is embarking on another court bid to be released on bail.Isaac Plaatjies, 56, was refused bail in the Dimbaza magistrate’s court in December.
Lawyers for Isaac Plaatjies, the University of Fort Hare investigations and vetting director in the dock for the murders of two colleagues, say the case against him is based on media hype and sensationalism, and have called for him to be released on bail.
Police believe the hitmen behind the killings of University of Fort Hare staff are from the same group behind assassination attempts on now slain Buffalo City Metro infrastructure director and former acting city manager Nceba Ncunyana.
Two former University of Fort Hare employees who initially abandoned their bail applications at the closing arguments stage will continue their bail bids next week