Manana pleads guilty to three charges of assault
In court on Wednesday, the former deputy minister of higher education and training pleads guilty and expects no leniency when sentencing is passed
Former deputy minister of higher education and training Mduduzi Manana‚ who was accused of assaulting three women‚ has pleaded guilty to all three charges brought against him and the court has accepted the guilty plea., made on Wednesday at the Randburg Magistrate’s Court.This comes as Mandisa Duma‚ one of the three women Manana assaulted‚ initially opened a case of assault with intention to cause grievous bodily harm at the Douglasdale police station in Johannesburg on August 6. The other two women with Duma on the day of the incident — Noluthando Mahlanga and Thina Mopipa — also opened charges against Manana after he assaulted them outside a restaurant in Cedar Square‚ Fourways."I, Mduduzi Comfort Manana‚ do hereby voluntarily‚ without any undue influence‚ and in my sober senses‚ confirm that I have read and understood the three charges preferred against me by the state. I hereby plead guilty to the three counts of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm‚" said Michael Mots...
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