Mogotsi accused of planning escape

The state, in opposing Brown Mogotsi's fourth bail application, has made startling claims that the self-proclaimed political fixer planned to escape from the Johannesburg Magistrate Court cells during his court appearance on August 20.

Mogotsi's legal team was submitting a fresh bail bid, arguing it was based on new facts, including two new addresses.

He is facing charges of defeating the ends of justice for allegedly faking his attempted assassination; he reportedly shot at his own car in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, in November 2025, as SABC News Senior Reporter Chriselda Lewis reports.

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