Unsafe prisons, 'weak' state case and hypertension concerns: Inside Mapisa-Nqakula’s bail affidavit
On Thursday Mapisa-Nqakula appeared in the dock before the Pretoria Magistrates' Court, facing 12 counts of fraud and corruption along with one charge of money laundering.after she handed herself over at the Lyttleton Police Station in Centurion, Pretoria, where she was processed in the presence of her legal representatives.
The charges levelled against Mapisa-Nqakula are Schedule Five offences, which means she needed to convince the magistrate that, on the balance of probabilities, it was in the interests of justice that she be granted bail. The state did not oppose her bail application.
“Applying the concept of systemic failure, South African prisons and the juvenile facilities do not have the facilities available to make provision for my safety and security.” “It cannot be shown that I have a disposition to commit crime. My release on bail cannot, on the facts known to me, disturb the public order or undermine the public peace and security,” she added.Mapisa-Nqakula assured the court that she posed no flight risk, stating that she had too much at stake, including her state pension, to consider evading trial.I will receive a state pension, which I cannot afford to lose, and would lose if I evade my trial.
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