Babita Deokaran’s murder case was postponed to August 24, after the six accused appeared for the first time in Johannesburg High Court on July 22.
The case has been sitting in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court since their arrest.
The State advocate Steven Rubin mentioned that additional photographs are needed for the accused while the defence attorney Shafoque Sarlie needed to secure further instructions and familiarise himself with the voluminous docket, which is 1600 pages.
The date for the pre-trial will then be set on that day.
Phakamani Hadebe, Nhlangane Ndlovu, Sanele Mbhele, Siphakanyiswa Dladla, Zitha Radebe and Siphiwe Mazibuko are accused of ambushing Gauteng health official Babita Deokaran and shooting her to death outside her home.
They are also accused of the attempted murder of Deokaran’s domestic worker, who was in the car with her at the time of the shooting.
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Deokaran was returning from dropping off her child at school when she was shot. She was taken to hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries.
She was a key witness in the Special Investigative Unit’s probe into personal protective equipment corruption in the provincial health department.
All accused whose bail was denied remained in custody.
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