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THE sedition case against the co-founder of the newly-established Majalefa Movement, Ramahooana Matlosa, will be heard in February next year.
This follows a decision on Monday by the Magistrate’s Court that the case will be heard on 13 February 2017. Mr Matlosa has been attending remand sessions before the same court from March 2014 when he first appeared in court.
The charge arose from remarks he allegedly made on a local radio station in March 2014 during the tenure of the previous Thomas Thabane-led coalition government. He was then a Democratic Congress (DC) activist.
He is charged with sedition for allegedly saying the Dr Thabane-led government had collapsed and those who were talking about it were only talking about a dead body.
Mr Matlosa is accused of contravening section 76 (1) read with 2 (a) and Section 5 (a) and (d), as well as Section 109 of the Penal code Act of 2010 for allegedly uttering the remarks on Harvest FM on 25 March 2014.
The case is before Chief Magistrate ‘Matankiso Nthunya and Senior Crown Counsel Advocate Lesaoana Mohale is the prosecutor. Mr Matlosa is represented by King’s Counsel Salemane Phafane.
He is still on bail after paying M5 000 as bail deposit and acquiring an independent person to stand him surety of M50 000 worth of property.
As part of his bail conditions, Mr Matlosa was ordered to attend remand hearings on set dates and not to interfere with state witnesses.
