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Police were dispatched to Parliament on Wednesday morning after a suspicious package was left unattended at the parliamentary precinct.

A police officer told the court that Zandile Mafe was lying down on the holding cell floor and refused to come to the dock.

Mafe was scheduled to appear for a pre-trial hearing in the Western Cape High Court on Friday but reporters heard that he was lying down on the holding cells floor and refused to come to the dock.

Zandile Mafe was scheduled to appear in the Western Cape High Court on Friday, but the court heard that he was lying down on the holding cells’ floor and had refused to come to the dock.

A final report on the reconstruction to rebuild the gutted National Assembly building will be presented to Parliament in September.

Coils of barbed wire and fencing are blocking off an entrance, alongside Parliament, to Cape Town’s historic Company’s Garden. This visually abrasive measure is apparently meant to improve security in the parliamentary precinct gutted in a fire at the start of the year.

State prosecutor Mervyn Menigo SC indicated the matter was referred to the high court after outstanding damage and arson reports had been received. State prosecutor Mervyn Menigo SC indicated the matter was referred to the high court after outstanding damage and arson reports had been received.

Suspect of South African parliament fire intends to cow president by "terrorist" attack-

Zandile Mafe made some startling claims against government ministers and President Cyril Ramaphosa, according to the indictment that was served as the case was transferred to the High Court to prepare for trial.

Zandile Christmas Mafe, the suspect accused of setting fire to South Africa's parliament in January, intended to intimidate President Cyril Ramaphosa into resignation by his "terrorist activity," said an indictment released on Thursday.