Overview
- Prosecutors say the investigating officer’s supplemental affidavit could not confirm the street number or find substantial personal property at the address linked to Oupa ‘Brown’ Mogotsi, which the State argues undercuts his claimed residence and traceability.
- The defence replied with an affidavit from Mogotsi’s customary wife and digital evidence including WhatsApp messages, GPS coordinates and contact details to show he can be traced and is not a flight risk.
- The charges against Mogotsi stem from an alleged staged attempted assassination in Vosloorus last year and include defeating the ends of justice, unlawful possession of a firearm, perjury, possession of ammunition and discharging a firearm in public.
- Defence counsel also raised a formal objection to the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court’s jurisdiction over the matter and reserved rights on that point, making the forum itself a contested issue in the bail hearing.
- The judge postponed a decision and will deliver a bail judgment in early June after weighing the conflicting on‑site verification by police, the defence’s sworn and digital evidence, and the jurisdictional arguments.