Mandisa duma
Manana's assault victims ready to meet with him
Former deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana was ordered to spend a year in jail or pay a fine of R100,000 for assaulting three women at a Fourways...
Magistrate Ramsamy Reddy sentenced Mduduzi Manana to either a year’s imprisonment or an R100,000 fine, along with 500 hours of community service.
Mduduzi Manana faces two counts of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm for assaulting two women at a popular nightclub in Fourways, Joburg, in August.
Manana faces two counts of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm for assaulting two women at a popular nightclub in August.
Manana says he has decided to resign from public office to avoid causing further damage to the African National Congress.
Deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana has admitted to slapping Mandisa Duma at a nightclub in Fourways earlier this month.
The Higher Education Deputy Minister has been charged with assaulting two women at a Johannesburg nightclub over the weekend.
Mduduzi Manana was granted R5,000 bail at the Randburg Magistrates Court where he appeared on two counts of assault.
The National Prosecuting Authority says that only a court can test the strength of the case against deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana.
Mbalula has promised that Manana will face the full might of the law and says he won't be treated with kid gloves.
Prosecutors say Mduduzi Manana entered the Randburg Magistrates Court at the entrance used by offenders.
Activists against women abuse attended proceedings and maintain Mduduzi Manana must be held behind bars.
Fikile Mbalula says the law must now take its course after Mduduzi Manana handed himself over to authorities on Thursday morning.
The deputy minister made his first appearance in court on Thursday for assault after admitting to assaulting Mandisa Duma at a Johannesburg nightclub at the weekend after she apparently called him gay during an argument.
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has described the way in which officers have handled the case as timid.
National Council of Provinces Chairperson Thandi Modise says Manana was completely out of order for assaulting a woman.
Fikile Mbalula has, however, been unable to say in which court or exactly when Manana will make his appearance.
Deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana has admitted to slapping Mandisa Duma at the Cubana nightclub in Fourways, north of Johannesburg over the weekend.
A case of assault has been opened against Manana following the circulation of Mandisa Duma’s injuries on social media.