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TimesLIVE reports that the bail applications on Tuesday of seven SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) employees and three others was postponed until 1 April after the state and the defence attorneys indicated they were not ready.
The 10 entered the Lenasia Magistrate's courtroom wearing masks and hats, hiding their faces from the court and the press. They were instructed to remove the masks by magistrate Maggie van der Merwe. “Facial expressions, eye contact, all of this, is an invaluable tool to evaluate the case,” Van der Merwe said. Five of the accused were arrested at the weekend and made their first court appearances on Monday. Their arrests followed an earlier case involving four other accused. The nine were joined on Tuesday by a tenth accused . Sassa spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi said seven of its employees among those who appeared in court. “There is one accused who is still at large but we think very soon the police will definitely arrest her, the eleventh accused who is still on the run is a Sassa employee. We have not stopped because these individuals or staff members have been arrested, the net is widening, we are not going to stop here,” Letsatsi said.
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