Bond Nyoka News Today

Nelson Mandela Bay sports, recreation, arts and culture political head Mcebisi “Bassie” Kamana has found himself on the wrong side of the law for alleged reckless and negligent driving.

This week former security guard Luyanda Mboniswa will be released on parole

Twenty years after being sentenced to life for murdering former first lady Marike de Klerk, her killer will return to his home city of Gqeberha, where he will be released on parole.

If the state takes any longer to finalise the investigation into the abduction of Bay biokineticist Riana Pretorius, the defence will object to further postponements when the case is back in court in August.

Two men linked to the kidnapping of Bay biokineticist Riana Pretorius will learn next week whether their application for bail has been successful.

An application for the magistrate to call the investigating officer to the stand to give further insight into the investigation of the kidnapping of Bay biokineticist Riana Pretorius was dismissed in the Gqeberha magistrate’s court on Friday.

Claiming to have no knowledge of who kidnapping victim Riana Pretorius was, or why they had been arrested, two of the men accused of abducting the 26-year-old biokineticist from her workplace in Newton Park pleaded to be released on bail.

The two suspects arrested in connection with the kidnapping of Nelson Mandela Bay biokineticist, Riana Pretorius, appeared in the Gqeberha Magistrate's Court again today, April 5 for their formal bail application to commence.

After a week of intense negotiations behind closed doors, payment of a R1.1m ransom, prayer services and an arrest, Riana Pretorius, 26, was finally released by her kidnappers in the early hours of Friday.

Xolisile Rawutini faces two pending charges of business robbery in Kariega and Despatch, with one of the cases involving a firearm.