Ngaka�s assault case resumes
Shingirai Madondo | Wednesday September 10, 2014 14:59
At a previous appearance, the legislator’s stand-in lawyer, Teto Sebola, told the magistrate, Faith Dlamini Ngandu, that his client was served with the prosecution documents late. The lawyer pleaded with the court for a postponement to enable the defence to study the documents.
“Apart from the fact that the documents were served late, my client says that the statement he recorded to the police is missing from the files,” the lawyer said.
Ngaka is alleged to have unlawfully assaulted his wife on October 11, 2013 at Matebele lands in Moshaweng. In February 2014, media reports said that the couple had treated onlookers to a public fight, with the legislator’s wife later posting pictures of her knee surgery on social media with the message: “Lying in a hospital bed putting my trust in the Lord o sekeng a pallwa ke sepe. Some day rewards from heaven for all of us shall be seen by everybody”.
The post was later deleted. At the last appearance in court, the couple was seen holding hands and behaving in a loving fashion.