Dr Nandipha Magadumana and Thabo Bester were arrested in April, about 10km outside of Tanzania’s capital city, Arusha, after fleeing from the hotel they were staying in. Picture: Screengrabwill learn her fate on Monday, 11 September, on whether she will be granted bail.
Magistrate Estelle de Lange who is presiding over the matter is expected to deliver judgment in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on whetherThey tried to convince the court that she was not a flight risk, has no interest in leaving the country or evading her trial and wants to be released on bail to look after her children.
“The applicant has been travelling in and outside South Africa, coming back with no issues whatsoever. The accused’s passport is confiscated. The real question is whether or not the accused has any other business to do or deal with outside the Republic of South Africa,” defence advocate Machini Motloung argued.Motloung said Magudumana’s right to liberty would be compromised if she was not released on bail.
“There is no indication when the criminal trial would proceed. Until she is convicted of the crimes, she must be presumed innocent,” he said.
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