By Johnathan Paoli
Taxi boss Oupa “Bafana” Sindane’s lawyers have asked the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry to postpone his appearance until he is medically fit to testify, citing high blood pressure and what they described as “sacred spiritual seclusion”.
Sindane, an associate of Johannes “Joe Ferrari” Sibanyoni, was due to testify before the commission on Wednesday but did not appear after his legal team filed what it described as a comprehensive application for a postponement.
His lawyers asked that his testimony be delayed until an urgent High Court application set down for October 6 has been heard, or until he is medically fit to testify.
Advocate Thabani Masuku told chairperson Mbuyiseli Madlanga and the commissioners that Sindane’s period of spiritual seclusion was “inseparable from his personhood, identity and wellbeing as an African person”.
He argued that Sindane’s medical condition provided an additional and immediate basis for postponing his appearance.
“Spiritual
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