Zinhle Maditla now wants court to release her on bail

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Zinhle Maditla now wants court to release her on bail
WANTS OUT: Multiple murder accused Zinhle Maditla now wants bail. PICTURE BY 013NEWS/MLM.

She had been in jail since 30 December 2018 and stands accused of killing her 4 kids.


Zinhle Maditla is currently asking the eMalahleni Magistrates Court to release her on bail while she awaits her trial. 

In January 2018, Maditla abandoned her bail application, choosing to go see psychiatrists to evaluate her mentally. Now she has changed her mind and wants to be temporarily released while the state deals with her case. 

The 24-year-old woman from Klarinet in the eMalahleni area made her 3rd appearance in court on Thursday this week (9 May).

The court heard that she wants to now apply for bail. 

NPA spokeswoman Monica Nyuswa told News24 that Maditla’s case was postponed to 23 May 2019 where she will apply for bail. 

“I can confirm that the woman accused of killing her four children appeared in the Witbank Magistrate’s Court (eMalahleni) today for a psychiatric report and the report indeed confirmed that the accused is fit enough to stand trial,” Nyuswa said.

She stands accused of the alleged planned murder of her four young children on 27 Dec 2019.

It is alleged that she fed the four kids – two girls aged 8 and 4 and two boys aged 7 years and 11 months – food laced with poison.

(edited by ZK) 

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