ANC Councillor denied bail
According to Police the bail application was refused and their next court appearance will be on 28 March when proceedings will continue. Cllr Tau and her husband are accused of robbing at least eight people while offering them lifts between Middelburg and Springs during November 2013. One of the victims identified Councillor Tau at the …
According to Police the bail application was refused and their next court appearance will be on 28 March when proceedings will continue.
Cllr Tau and her husband are accused of robbing at least eight people while offering them lifts between Middelburg and Springs during November 2013.
One of the victims identified Councillor Tau at the municipality after recognizing the vehicle at the parking area of the Steve Tshwete Municipality building on 25 February. She informed Police who arrested her the same day.
The other victims, some from Middelburg and others Machadodorp and Springs, recognised Cllr Tau in a photograph published in the Middelburg Observer.
She is accused of threatening victims with a firearm followed by a strip search before dumping them in isolated places.
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