Court postpones bail application of Babita Deokaran murder accused
The bail application of the six men accused of murdering Gauteng health department official Babita Deokaran has been postponed due to equipment failure in court.
"Due to the non-functionality of the recording machines in the courtroom and as the state, we will also bring in an application for some of the bail proceedings to be held on camera, and much of those details will be held on Tuesday," says the National Prosecuting Authority's spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane.
Zita Hadebe, Phakamani Hadebe, Nhlangano Ndlovu, Siphiwe Mazibuko, Sanele Mbele, and Phakanyiswa Dladla appeared briefly in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Friday.
They stand accused of murdering Deokaran outside her home south of Johannesburg in August after she dropped off her daughter at school.
She was a key witness in a corruption investigation into the department's procurement of Covid-19 PPE.
Deokaran was laid to rest in Durban.
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