Family representative Nicolene Kilian wrote to Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola shortly after an incident on Saturday, 6 December when a prisoner who was visibly sick, she claimed, entered Kilian’s cell at the Goodwood Correctional Facility.
Both Kilian and the prisoner were eventually tested for Covid-19 and, pending the outcome of the results, his scheduled bail application in Bellville Regional Court was postponed to Tuesday, 15 December.
“We have serious concerns for the safety of Zane while in custody, given the risk of the high-profile, public nature of this investigation. It is our belief that being incarcerated for any unnecessary extended period is placing his life at great risk, given the nature of the case,” she wrote.
Knysna Mayor Elrick van Aswegen supports the decision to close Garden Route beaches.
KNYSNA NEWS - Knysna Executive Mayor, Elrick Van Aswegen has come out in support of the widely condemned blanket closure of beaches in the Garden Route. The move brings to mind the 2008 British comedy,
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.
In an article posted on the Knysna Municipality (KM) Facebook page on 16 December, he justifies his position as follows: We were warned twice. First by the President when he introduced similar restrictions in Nelson Mandela Bay and when Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize visited the Garden Route. We didn t listen, we left the President with no other choice but to close our beaches.
Jaco Marais
Zane Kilian, charged with the murder of detective Charl Kinnear, was visibly crestfallen to hear he will spend Christmas behind bars.
He had expected to finally apply for bail but yet another possible exposure to Covid-19 within the team led to the matter being postponed to February.
He said his son is having meltdowns because he has been away for so long and he
kept shaking his head in disbelief when the matter was postponed.
Debt collector Zane Kilian will be spending Christmas behind bars as his bail application was postponed again due to an investigator in the case being unable to testify due to being in isolation due to possibly being in contact with someone positive for Covid-19.
How Garden Route municipalities are intensifying measures to curb Covid-19
By Mwangi Githahu
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Cape Town - Prior to the Garden Route becoming an official Covid-19 hot spot, municipalities such as George and Knysna have intensified measures to curb the spread of the disease in the area.
Knysna mayor Elrick van Aswegen has called on residents and visitors to behave as though they were at alert level 5.
“We must all start to restrict our movements. We must realise that the rate of infection in Knysna and the surrounding areas is higher than ever before. There are now more people who are seriously sick and more people who are dying because of it.