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The third accused in the murder of Stefan Smit is preparing for a bail application.
Steven Damon, together with Smit s wife, Zurenah, and Derek Sait are accused of the hit on the Stellenbosch farmer in his home in 2019.
The State said it would oppose Damon s application.
The State has said it would oppose the bail application of the third accused in the murder of wine farmer Stefan Smit in the Stellenbosch Magistrate s Court.
Smit s wife, Zurenah, and Derek Sait are out on R10 000 bail on a murder charge and R5 000 bail related to the theft of guns stolen from Smit s safe.
Zurenah Smit (in black) appears in court. (Jaco Marais, Gallo Images)
Zurenah Smit is accused of the murder of her husband, Stellenbosch farmer Stefan Smit, who was killed in their home nearly two years ago.
She denies being behind her husband s killing.
She and one of her co-accused applied for legal aid on Friday.
Zurenah Smit, accused of murdering her Stellenbosch farmer husband, and one of her co-accused on Friday applied for legal aid in the Stellenbosch Magistrate s Court.
Smit and Derek Sait, who up until now have made use of private attorneys, are out on bail of R10 000 for the murder charge and R5 000 related to guns stolen from Smit s safe.
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Zurenah Smit and one of her co-accused have been granted R5 000 bail on gun charges.
The firearms are linked to the murder of her husband, Stefan Smit, who was killed in their home two years ago.
She and two others are accused of being behind the alleged assassination, which was made to look like a hit executed by land grabbers.
Zurenah Smit, the wife of murdered Stellenbosch vintner Stefan Smit, and one of her co-accused charged with her husband s murder were on Wednesday granted bail of R5 000 on gun charges related to his killing.
Smit and Derek Sait appeared in the Stellenbosch Magistrate s Court a week after being granted bail of R10 000 on the murder charge.
Zurenah Smit and Derek Sait appeared in the Stellenbosch Magistrate s Court.
They were granted bail of R10 000.
However, they still have to get through a separate application for bail in a case relating to the theft of two guns.
A case involving two guns stands in the way of Zurenah Smit and co-accused Derek Sait.
The two have already secured their release on bail, but are still in Pollsmoor Prison while they wait to apply for bail in a case in which they are accused of theft and the possession of the two firearms and ammunition.
On Tuesday, dressed in her usual black traditional Muslim attire, Smit appeared in the dock of the Stellenbosch Magistrate s Court alongside her former police officer co-accused for a second time this week. This time they sought bail for separate, but interlinked, charges related to the murder of local vintner, Stefan Smit.