By Johnathan Paoli
The case against prominent taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni and his two co-accused have been postponed to Friday following a debate over whether the matter should proceed immediately with a bail application or first appoint the presiding judicial officer.
Delivering his ruling at the Kwaggafontein Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga on Wednesday, Magistrate Johan Erasmus found that it would “not be in the interest of justice” for the court to continue with bail proceedings on Wednesday, after confirming that the provincial chief magistrate, Tully Tonjeni, would preside over the matter on Friday.
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The postponement followed hours of arguments between the prosecution and defence teams over the handling of the case, the availability of the
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