An ANC member and Knysna resident accused of rape was granted R3,000 bail by the Knysna Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday after the state failed to prove how his release could affect the alleged victim or the case.
Fraud accused Garden Route district ex-municipal manager Monde Stratu and former Knysna municipal manager Sithembele Vatala appeared briefly in the Knysna Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
A small community in Knysna, fighting for justice for a 15-year-old girl allegedly raped by her pastor and his friend, were left disappointed when the church leader was granted bail of R10,000 on Monday.
As the bail applications of a pastor and his nephew accused of raping a Knysna teenager hit another delay on Tuesday, community members and the family of the girl expressed their frustrations.