Mafe's lawyers want decision to send him to mental institution reversed

Penwell DlaminiAlleged parliamentary arsonist Zandile Christmas Mafe in the Cape Town magistrate's court on January 11. His lawyers are opposing a judgement to send him to a mental institution for evaluation.Lawyers representing the man accused of starting a fire in parliament have submitted that decision of a lower court to send him for psychiatric observation was unlawful.

On January 11, the Cape Town magistrate's court referred Zandile Mafe to a mental institution for observation for up to 30 days to establish if he is fit to stand trial.“It was impossible, literary, I say that with no fear of contradiction, for Mr Mafe to meaningfully refute the diagnosis of Dr Van Tonder. He is not a doctor...The only way Mr Mafe would have refuted this would have been to avail himself to a private psychiatrist of his choice.

“As of the 4th of January, Mr [Luvuyo] Godla appeared as a legal representative officially for Mr Mafe but was still not furnished with this document. In the ensuing seven days, the document was not furnished and only in less than an hour before the hearing was the document furnished,” Mpofu said.He first appeared in court on January 4. His lawyers have maintained that he is being used as a scapegoat for the failure of the executive and the legislature.

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