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State prosecutor Advocate Mervyn Menigo said that an outstanding damage assessment and arson report had been finalised and added to the indictment.

‘He was also convinced that one will find body parts of Albino people and women in the Pretoria, Limpopo and Gauteng homesteads and businesses of President Ramaphosa, as well as Ministers Bheki Cele and Blade Nzimande,’ said the State in court documents.

National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was tabling the national legislatures budget on Tuesday afternoon.

Baby Tyawa and her team presented Parliament's performance report for the fourth quarter to the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament.

"Parliament is located in the farthest province from the majority of provinces, making it inaccessible to the majority of South Africans, including MPs who spend a significant amount of time traveling to and from parliament," Malema argued.

Mafe faces four charges relating to the incident, including that of arson and terrorism.

In front of a full bench of the Western Cape High Court, defence lawyer Dali Mpofu is again challenging the grounds on which a lower court dismissed Mafe’s bid for bail in February.

Mafes defence relaunched his bail dismissal appeal at the Western Cape High Court on Monday.

The man suspected of torching Parliament, Zandile Mafe, was dealt another blow when the high court dismissed his bid for bail.

Zandile Mafe (49) was arrested in connection with the fire that gutted Parliaments National Assembly building and destroyed sections of the Old Assembly chamber in January.