Court Denies Nkosi Hospital Wing Stay, Orders Prison Transfer

Pretoria North Magistrates Court on Monday denied suspended South African Police Service Sergeant Fannie Nkosi's request to remain in the hospital wing of Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Facility, ordering his transfer to the general prison population as his bail application was postponed to April 20.

Nkosi, 42, appeared before Magistrate Thandi Theledi for his formal bail hearing, which the National Prosecuting Authority opposed. He has been in custody since his arrest on April 2 during a raid at his home in Pretoria North by the Madlanga Commission task team. Authorities recovered seven licensed firearms stored without proper safeguards, 490 rounds of ammunition, a stun grenade, more than R50,000 in cash hidden under a mattress, six case dockets related to hijackings and robberies, and other police-issued equipment not returned after his suspension on March 28.

Nkosi faces multiple charges, including unlawful possession of explosives under the Explosives Act, three counts of failing to safeguard firearms, eight counts of failing to safeguard ammunition, theft of state property, defeating the ends of justice, and contraventions of the Firearms Control Act. Prosecutors described...