WATCH – Zandile Mafe shouts in court
The drama unfolded on Thursday when Zandile Mafe appeared in court. He shouted that he was indeed the one who set fire to Parliament. WATCH AS ZANDILE MAFE HAS A DRAMATIC OUTBURST The case against Zandile Mafe, the suspected parliament arsonist, resumed at the Western Cape High Court on Thursday. ALSO READ: Parliament fire: More time needed […]
The drama unfolded on Thursday when Zandile Mafe appeared in court. He shouted that he was indeed the one who set fire to Parliament.
WATCH AS ZANDILE MAFE HAS A DRAMATIC OUTBURST
The case against Zandile Mafe, the suspected parliament arsonist, resumed at the Western Cape High Court on Thursday.
ALSO READ: Parliament fire: More time needed to assess Zandile Mafe’s mental health
But as soon as Mafe stepped into court on Thursday, he had a dramatic outburst in which he shouted that he was indeed the one who set fire to Parliament.
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[WATCH] Alleged Parliament arsonist Zandile Mafe, who has been remanded in the hospital section of Pollsmoor Prison for several weeks, is appearing at the Western Cape High Court today. Here's his outburst in the dock.#Newzroom405 pic.twitter.com/khIwEjtLZu
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He called for Parliament to be moved to Bloemfontein and threatened to set fire to the building again if it didn’t move.
“You must take it into Bloemfontein, that Parliament, or Pretoria. It must move. It must relocated. I burnt it intentionally. Me, Christmas Zandile Mafe. I’m going to burn it more if it doesn’t move to Bloemfontein or Pretoria,” he said.
HE ACCUSED THE DA OF BEING RIGHT-WINGED RACISTS
Mafe also accused the DA of being “right-winged racists” and “murderers”, saying the party should not be represented in Parliament.
The outburst also included an anti-white and anti-Semitic rant in the dock.
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“I don’t want whites in this land. They must bring back land to black people. Whites are murders. Whites are killers.”
‘WHITES ARE KILLERS’
He also took a swing at Helen Zille.
Mafe was detained in the hospital section of the Pollsmoor correctional facility, had initially refused to go to a Cape Town hospital and was subsequently sent for a 30-day psychiatric observation at the Fort England Psychiatrics’ Hospital in the Eastern Cape.
MAFE WAS DETAINED IN THE HOSPITAL SECTION OF THE POLLSMOOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
The court was expected to delve into the details of a psychiatric report that was released in May after Mafe was sent for evaluation.
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