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Posted to the web on: 21 April 2008
Why getting bail is harder than one might think
Jean Redpath

FEW people (ANC president Jacob Zuma included) seem to know that people arrested for criminal offences have fewer rights when it comes to bail than they did under apartheid.

That’s right, despite our “constitutionally guaranteed” procedural rights, bail is far less likely to happen speedily or at all under current legislation than it was even a mere 10 years ago.