Former Hawks boss Anwa Dramat, suspended Gauteng Hawks boss Major General Shadrack Sibiya, and Hawks Colonel Lesley Maluleke are expected back in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
On August 19, the court authorised a warrant for the arrest of the former head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), after Dramat missed his court appearance.
Dramat, Sibiya and Maluleke face four counts of kidnapping, two counts of defeating the ends of justice and one count of contravening of the Immigration Act.
However, Dramat did not show up and the magistrate ordered that a warrant for his arrest was authorised, but held over until Friday when he would be expected to make representations as to why he did attend court.
The matter was postponed for Sibiya and Maluleke to receive responses on their applications for legal financial assistance from the police minister. A similar request by Dramat had previously been granted.
It is alleged that Dramat and his co-accused were involved in the arrest of four Zimbabwean immigrants and their subsequent illegal rendition to that country in late 2010 and early 2011.
The three accused have all been released on R5,000 bail. Their matter has been scheduled to be heard at the North Gauteng High Court from October 10 to early December.
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