Elvis ramosebudi
Man who wanted to assassinate Zuma, Madonsela found guilty
Elvis Ramosebudi sent letters to controversial businessman Ajay Gupta and Anglo Platinum asking for donations to carry out his plan.
Elvis Ramosebudi has been barred from directly or indirectly contacting any witnesses including those he listed as "state capture beneficiaries".
Defence attorney Mpesi Makhanya says Elvis Ramosebudi is glad to be out of prison.
Stanly Ramosebudi, Elvis' father, says the family did not expect this arrest as his son is not a violent man.
Elvis Ramosebudi's defence attorney Mpesi Makhanya says the case against him has been blown out of proportion without merit.
The prosecution is seeking to oppose bail on the basis that Elvis Ramosebudi may commit further crimes even though this case is a Section 1 offence.
The defence says there is no reason at this stage to disclose any elements from Elvis Ramosebudi's defence as there's nothing to prove at this stage.
The Hawks arrested the 33-year-old last week on suspicion that he’d been planning to assassinate prominent South Africans.
The NPA has cited the fact that Elvis Ramosebudi had acted alone as its reason to change his charges from conspiracy to commit murder to incitement to commit murder.
The elite crime fighting unit announced the 33-year-old’s arrest last month, linking him to hit lists targeting beneficiaries of state capture.
Elvis Ramosebudi appeared in court this week after the Hawks claimed he was behind a plot to assassinate prominent South Africans.
The NPA says based on the evidence gathered by the State, the charge against Elvis Ramosebudi had to be changed to incitement to commit murder.
Last week, the State indicated that it will bring an application to ask the court to send the 33-year-old for psychiatric observation.
Ramosebudi has now applied for legal aid, but has already indicated that he intends to apply for bail when his case is back in court on Tuesday.
Gupta-owned news channel ANN7 has been broadcasting a list of people it claims coup suspect Elvis Ramosebudi planned to kill.
A court heard that Elvis Ramosebudi, 33, allegedly went to big companies asking for donations to fund his assassination plot.
Elvis Ramosebudi, who is alleged to have planned to assassinate 19 people, most of them Cabinet members, made his first court appearance on Friday.
33-year-old Elvis Ramosebudi is accused of plotting to kill 19 people, including Cabinet members, officials at state-owned entities and other well-known South Africans.
The 33-year-old man faces conspiracy to commit murder charges.