News24 reports that the case against five men who allegedly torched a bus in which six miners were killed earlier this year has been postponed until August for a formal bail application.  

They stand accused of setting a bus on fire which was transporting more than 30 miners.  The five men have been charged with six counts of murder, 29 counts of attempted murder, and malicious damage to property.  They appeared briefly in the Mecklenburg Magistrate's Court in Limpopo on Thursday before the case was postponed until 6 August for their bail application.  The five will remain in custody.  At the time of the incident in April, a Limpopo police spokesperson indicated:  "Two people who pretended to be mineworkers, got onto the bus and set it alight.  They then got out and fled."  Six workers were burnt beyond recognition.  The bus driver and the 28 other workers escaped through windows.

• A short report by Jan Bornman is at News24

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