Embattled Moja Love host Xolani Maphanga has been granted bail.
According to previous reports, Moja Love’s “Sizok’thola” presenter Xolani Maphanga was arrested. The Channel’s spokesperson, Nonzwakazi Cekete, shared in a statement that Maphanga was arrested on a case of mistaken identity.
With his bodyguard Bongani Mkhabela, he was charged with three counts of attempted murder and trespass. The channel’s statement read,
“To cooperate with law enforcement, the presenter handed himself to the Soshanguve Police Station yesterday along with a member of the security detail”
Cekete also revealed that Maphanga and the crew were remanded in custody until a bail hearing.
“Leading to yesterday’s events, the police from Tshwane had met with the executive of the channel and said they wanted to charge him and the bodyguards with assault GBH [to cause grievous bodily harm] but upon handing themselves in, the charges had changed to attempted murder and trespassing.”
According to a recent report by TimesLIVE, the Soshanguve Magistrate’s Court granted R5000 bail to the new TV host. Further reports reveal that the state did not oppose bail for Xolani and Bongani but asked the court to order that they should not communicate directly or indirectly with the witnesses and should report to the nearest police stations once a week.
