In Pictures: Brown Mogotsi remains behind bars until next week

By Johnathan Paoli

Self-proclaimed North West political fixer Brown Mogotsi will remain behind bars for another seven days after the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday postponed his criminal case to next week Monday for a formal bail application and verification of his residential address in Mahikeng.

Mogotsi was appearing on schedule five charges linked to an alleged staged assassination attempt on his life in Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni, last year.

The State told the court that investigators still needed time to verify his home address in Mmabatho, North West, before proceeding with bail.

The State also said that the delay could have been avoided had the defence provided the address earlier.

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Mogotsi’s attorney, Makau Sekgatja, opposed the week-long postponement, arguing that the State had already had sufficient time to prepare.

“I do not want, for confidentiality