Prosecutor Paseka Temeli requested that the matter be postponed as the state was awaiting DNA results.
In September 2018, Present and his three co-accused were granted bail of R4,000 each. While Present has no previous convictions, the court heard during the bail application that there was a warrant for his arrest for failing to appear at the Orlando Magistrate's Court regarding a reckless driving charge. His co-accused, however, all have previous convictions.
The four men were arrested on July 6 and 7 2018 and four hijacked vehicles were recovered. Present is no stranger to controversy after thelinked him to a controversial farm in Limpopo. The newspaper reported that then minister of land reform Gugile Nkwinti introduced his Luthuli House comrade‚ who was"shopping" for a thriving Limpopo farm‚ to one of his top officials at a land summit.
Just eight months after the meeting‚ the Bekendvlei Farm was bought for R97m and handed over to Present‚ who had been working at Luthuli House for more than 10 years‚ and his partner‚ businessman Moses Boshomane‚ to manage. A senior departmental official had prioritised the deal by bypassing required procedures. A day after the deal went through‚ Nkwinti was the speaker at Present's lavish wedding.
Neither Present nor Boshomane had any ancestral claim to the farm. They also had no agricultural experience‚ the newspaper reported.
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