The arrest of Deputy Higher Education and Training Minister Mduduzi Manana is imminent, after he admitted assaulting three women at a Johannesburg restaurant on Sunday‚ Police Minister Fikile Mbalula said. Mbalula said the case was at an advanced stage. The incident happened at about 3am on Sunday after the restaurant at Cedar Square in Fourways had closed. "The case has been reported to the police station and a docket has been opened. The investigators are following up on the matter at the highest level. All due processes have been followed‚ so an arrest is imminent in terms of where we stand‚" Mbalula told TimesLIVE. "Whether he is in Parliament or no, I am not interested, because the police will find him in a speed dial." Manana is accused of lashing out after a debate on who should succeed President Jacob Zuma at the ANC’s elective conference in December. Mandisa Duma‚ who was with her friend and cousin at the restaurant‚ claimed she was with Manana and his four friends inside t...
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