A date has been set for an inquiry to be held into Zandile Mafe's fitness to stand trial.
Zandile Mafe, suspect accused of breaking into Parliament when the fire started, appears in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court.Zandile Mafe, suspect accused of breaking into Parliament when the fire started, appears in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court.
A date has been set for an inquiry to be held into Zandile Mafe’s fitness to stand trial. He is accused of setting the National Assembly on fire in January last year. As part of pre-trial proceedings in the High Court in Cape Town, Mafe’s lawyers and the State today agreed upon a date for the inquiry.
A previous court-ordered psychiatric report has found that Mafe is unable to follow court proceedings and unable to make a proper defence.was unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of the actMafe is disputing the findings of the reports. Mafe’s Lawyer, Luvuyo Godla says the matter has been set down for two days in November.
“ Because now Mr Mafe is disputing the findings of the panel from Fort England and is disputing the findings of the recently appointed expert. Now automatically when it is so what follows, the court will wait for his evidence to be led in court, not for purposes of determining his guilt, but for purposes of assessing in terms of section 77 inquiry whether he will be able to proceed and understand the proceedings or not.
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