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Judgment in the bail application of the alleged Parliament arsonist, Zandile Christmas Mafe, is expected to be handed down on Friday. ZandileMafe ParliamentFire

on charges ranging from arson to terrorism. He was arrested shortly after Parliament was set alight last month.

He remains in custody at Pollsmoor Prison. The State in opposing bail has argued that the safety of public officials and institutions would be in danger if Mafe were to be released on bail.‘Scapegoat’ Meanwhile, EFF leader Julius Malema says negligence was the main cause of the recent fire that gutted the National Assembly buildings at Parliament.“Do you think in your rightful mind, a person would burn Parliament and then goes and sleep next to where you have committed a crime… there’s no such thing. So I think more than anything guys, it’s negligence.

Azapo spokesperson Gaontebale Nodoba says, “You have seen citizens of South Africa, that they are clutching at straws. All of a sudden in a democratic South Africa the first person to be charged with terrorism-related acts is a black poor homeless person. What a shame to this so-called quasi democracy. How can it be that coming from Apartheid from 1994 we get into a so-called democracy and the first person to be charged with terrorism-related acts is a black poor person.

 

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