Johannesburg – Alleged property hijacking kingpin Jonathan Constable and his co-accused, Bongani Khathide, were denied bail in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Friday.
Constable and Khathide appeared on two counts of fraud, relating to two properties in Rosettenville, south of Johannesburg.
The third accused, Kingsley Okwebe, is expected to make representations to the National Prosecuting Authority as to why he should not be prosecuted.
They are accused of approaching unsuspecting tenants residing in properties around the city centre and introducing themselves to the tenants as investigators.
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba previously said the men allegedly claimed the actual owners of the properties were hijackers and that the tenants should not cooperate with them and that they should pay their rent to the three accused instead.
Constable told the court on Thursday that he was the deputy director of a trade union called the National Immigrants Council of South Africa (Nicsa).