Four days after Deputy Higher Education and Training Minister Mduduzi Manana was accused of assaulting three women‚ he has appeared in court and has been granted bail of R5‚000. Manana appeared briefly in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday on two charges of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. State prosecutor Yusuf Baba told magistrate Liesel Davids that Manana was in custody while he requested permission from the court to allow the media in. However‚ Michael Motsoeneng‚ appearing for Manana‚ opposed the request that media be allowed to film the proceedings. On Sunday morning‚ the deputy minister lost his cool after an argument on who should succeed President Jacob Zuma at the party’s elective conference in December. But what allegedly triggered him to attack the women was when one of them made a comment about his sexuality‚ labelling him gay.
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