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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gerald Imray

Man charged with terrorism over a fire at South African Parliament is declared unfit to stand trial

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A man charged with terrorism and other offenses over a 2022 fire that badly damaged South Africa's historic Parliament complex in Cape Town was declared unfit to stand trial by a court on Monday.

Zandile Mafe was diagnosed with schizophrenia by an expert panel in a report, and a judge in the Western Cape High Court ruled that he agreed with the assessment. Judge Nathan Erasmus said that Mafe wasn't able to understand the charges against him.

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