Special treatment for Minister Manana?
10 August 2017
Johannesburg - Higher Education deputy minister Mduduzi Manana has been charged with two counts of assault, state prosecutor Yusuf Baba told the Randburg Magistrate's court on Thursday. The court ruled that the media was not allowed to take any videos or photos of Manana inside the court building.
When his matter was called, Manana came up the stairs from the holding cells and not from a senior prosecutor's office where he was earlier kept behind locked doors. Manana was sneaked into court prior to his appearance.
It appears he entered the court through the parking entrance for staff. At the time, he was not detained in the holding cells.
When media tried to approach Manana, police chased them away. Manana was later granted R5000 bail with conditions.