Court withdraws protection order against David Mabuza and calls his accuser a fabricator
The Carolina regional court has dismissed an application by businessman Fred Daniel to have an interim protection order made permanent
An interim protection order against deputy president David Mabuza has been withdrawn‚ with a court labelling his accuser a fabricator. The Carolina regional court on Monday dismissed an application by businessman Fred Daniel to have an interim protection order‚ which he obtained in February‚ made permanent. It was the second blow of the day for Daniel after magistrate Sarel Grabe refused to recuse himself from the matter. In an earlier application in June‚ Daniel applied for Grabe to recuse himself over his perceived bias in the matter after he was spotted talking to Mabuza’s lawyer‚ advocate Mike Hellens‚ in a corridor outside the courtroom and in his chambers. Grabe‚ before delivering his judgment‚ said the two had bumped into each other while on a toilet break and that there was nothing sinister behind it. The second meeting‚ said Grabe‚ occurred while they waited a few minutes for Daniels’s lawyer so they could discuss a court postponement date. Daniels has been involved in a de...
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