PASTOR IN COURT FOR ROBBERY! Oris Mnisi Pastor Fannie Mamba in the court dock. Photo By Oris Mnisi.
A PASTOR (33) who is accused of house robbery with aggravating circumstances and pointing a firearm at a person, briefly appeared in the Bushbuckridge Magistrates Court on Friday.
The pastor, originally from Zimbabwe, was not asked to plead yet on both charges before Magistrate Nhlanhla Malomane.
Public prosecutor Aletta Mnisi told the court that the accused allegedly forced entry into a teacher’s house in College View in Bushbuckridge last October.
She said the victim, a 48-year-old teacher, and her son (13) were about to go to school.
BAIL JUDGMENT DUE IN TIWANE MURDER CASE By Oris Mnisi Difference Tiwane during his bail application. Photo by Oris Mnisi.
DIFFERENCE Tiwane (34) will learn his fate on Monday, 25 January when the Mkhuhlu Magistrates Court delivers its verdict on his bail application.
Tiwane is facing two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of mineworker Rose Vilakazi (33) and her daughter Accurate (19).
Tiwane’s lawyer, Vusi Segodi, said: “There’s no direct evidence against my client. He didn’t run away from police until they arrested him at his home at nearby Lillydale.
“So it’s my humble submission to at least grant him bail with conditions attached: that he must not interfere with witnesses and avail himself to this court.”