Zandile Christmas Mafe, a man accused of setting South African Parliament on fire has been found with Explosives and stolen laptops.
More charges are likely to be added in the case against Mafe, a long-time resident of Khayelitsha, who is originally from Mafikeng in North West.
Explosives had allegedly been taken into Parliament while laptops, crockery and documents had been stolen at the time a devastating fire had been set in Parliament over the weekend.
Zandile Mafe made his first appearance in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday following his arrest 48 hours earlier.
Zandile Christmas Mafe pleaded not guilty in court on Tuesday.
The State requested that the matter be postponed for seven days to verify Mafe’s personal details for his bail application. They also wanted to wait for the damages at Parliament to be assessed.
The court granted the state a seven-day postponement to conclude its investigations before the case will reconvene on Tuesday, 11 January.
