{"id":343906,"date":"2017-08-10T18:50:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T18:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=343906"},"modified":"2017-08-10T18:50:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T18:50:29","slug":"deputy-minister-charged-with-assault-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/deputy-minister-charged-with-assault-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Minister charged with assault in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Africa’s Deputy Education Minister Mduduzi Manana has appeared in court on a charge of assaulting a woman in a nightclub.<\/p>\n
He was freed on $375 (\u00a3290) bail, pending further investigations.<\/p>\n
The alleged assault caused outrage in South Africa, with many people demanding Mr Manana’s arrest.<\/p>\n
He has apologised for what he called a “shameful incident”, saying that he had been provoked but he should have “exercised restraint”.<\/p>\n
Mr Manana is alleged to have assaulted the woman during a row at the Cubana nightclub near the main city, Johannesburg, last Saturday.<\/p>\n
Journalists were not allowed inside the courtroom and he was escorted through a separate entrance to avoid the media.<\/p>\n
This is not common practice and will fuel claims that Mr Manana is receiving preferential treatment because he is a senior member of the government, the BBC’s Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg says.<\/p>\n
South Africa’s Police Minister Fikile Mbalula denied Mr Manana would be treated differently from other defendants.<\/p>\n
“The deputy minister will not be treated with special kid gloves but will face the full wrath of the law. The state fully supports the victim,” he said, at a news conference.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
South Africa’s Deputy Education Minister Mduduzi Manana has appeared in court on a charge of assaulting a woman in a nightclub. He was freed on $375 (\u00a3290) bail, pending further investigations. The alleged assault caused outrage in South Africa, with many people demanding Mr Manana’s arrest. He has apologised for what he called a “shameful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[785,481,10093],"yoast_head":"\n