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Original Post Date: 2007-08-14 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
By Lebogang Seale
The day Florence Lukhele, the woman arrested for the murder of Govan Mbeki municipality’s deputy mayor was to appear in court, the mayor sent a letter to court opposing bail for her.
In his letter, mayor Sipho Nkosi “strongly and vehemently” opposed bail, citing a “great public outcry, and interference with witnesses”.
But on Friday, magistrate Danie Senekal used the same reasons for turning down pleas by Nkosi’s attorneys that his own bail application be heard that day. Instead, the mayor will spend this week behind bars after Senekal set his bail application for Friday.
| ‘She was shot dead at her home on June 27’ |
Nkosi appeared in the Evander magistrate’s court in connection on charges of allegedly plotting the murder of his deputy, Thandi Mtsweni.
He was arrested last week after Lukhele, accused of orchestrating Mtsweni’s murder, testified in a court appearance that the mayor had paid her R30 000 to kill Mtsweni.
Lukhele is alleged to have hired four hitmen, Madoda Hezekiel Nkhambule, 49, Skhosiphe Gwala, 42, Themba Ntombela, 30, and Neo Moloi, 36, all from Johannesburg, to kill Mtsweni.
She was shot dead at her home on June 27.
At the time of her death, the deputy mayor was said to have been investigating housing, financial and tender irregularities at the municipality.
| ‘The investigations are at a critical stage’ |
When Nkosi appeared in court on Friday his defence counsel, Marchia Strydom, pressed for his bail application to be heard that day.
She argued against the state’s request for a seven-day postponement to allow for more time to investigate Nkosi.
“I cannot see why he has to be in custody for that long. If they are still behind in investigations, they should release him on bail with conditions.”
But the state would have none of that, “due to the seriousness of the charges” against Nkosi.
“The investigations are at a critical stage. Granting bail could jeopardise this,” said prosecutor Takalani Tshishonga.
Other people implicated by Lukhele may be arrested, said Tshishonga.
Turning down the defence’s pleas for bail, Senekal cited the immense public interest in the case and limited time for the state to investigate.