The judge in the Nafiz Modack murder and racketeering trial says the accused should have lawyers either privately appointed or through Legal Aid by the next appearance, and that a trial date will be set even if they do not have representation.
Volumes of exhibits, including nine lever-arch files containing bank statements of those allegedly involved in the multimillion-rand Integrated Public Transport System (IPTS) fraud case, set the tone for proceedings in the high court on Monday.
A bid by embattled Gqeberha businesswoman Andrea Wessels to stop her former lawyer from representing her co-accused in a multimillion-rand racketeering case citing a conflict of interest was short-lived when the application was abandoned at the final hour on Monday.
The five men accused of turning a Kwazakhele birthday bash into a scene of chaos and bloodshed when they allegedly shot eight people and wounded three others, have abandoned their bail applications.