{"id":248789,"date":"2023-02-01T09:32:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T07:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/member-of-parliament-denied-bail\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T09:32:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T07:32:25","slug":"member-of-parliament-denied-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/member-of-parliament-denied-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"Member of Parliament denied bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202302\/gavelandcuffs.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Member of Parliament, Sibusiso Kula, has been denied bail in the Orkney Magistrates&#8217; Court for the alleged murder of his wife.<\/p>\n<p>This after Kula\u2019s wife, Jennifer, was found with a stab wound to the back at her Kanana Township home in November.<\/p>\n<p>National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) regional spokesperson Henry Mamothame said Kula was arrested following \u201cthorough investigations\u201d by police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice reports reveal that Kula\u2019s wife was found murdered\u2026in what seemed like a robbery. She was found with a stab wound on her back but the object that was used for her alleged murder has not been recovered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe matter was reported by the medical facility where she was allegedly transported by the accused to receive medical attention. He told the police that he was not present at his home when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing thorough investigations by the police, he was linked to the alleged murder, and he was arrested on Friday, 20 January 2023, and charged with murder,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mamothame added that although Kula is expected to appeal the denial of bail, the NPA welcomes that judgement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NPA welcomes this judgement and hopes investigations will be completed speedily for a trial to commence. Further to this, an application will be made at a later stage with the Director of Public Prosecutions in North West, for the matter to be transferred to a higher court, owing to its serious nature. Kula has registered his intention to appeal the judgement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kula is expected back in court on 24 February and will remain in custody until then. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Member of Parliament, Sibusiso Kula, has been denied bail in the Orkney Magistrates&#8217; Court for the alleged murder of his wife. This after Kula\u2019s wife, Jennifer, was found with a stab wound to the back at her Kanana Township home in November. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) regional spokesperson Henry Mamothame said Kula was arrested following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-248789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/member-of-parliament-denied-bail.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}