Brown Mogotsi is expected to learn his fate on Thursday after prosecutors challenged his release on bail in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court.
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Alleged political fixer Brown Mogotsi is expected to find out on Thursday whether he will be granted bail after the State opposed his application in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court, alleging he attempted to bribe a police officer in relation to his bail bid.
Prosecutors allege Mogotsi attempted to bribe a police office and provided investigators with an incorrect residential address.
Mogotsi appeared in court on Monday for his formal bail application.
He remains in custody after the matter was postponed to allow investigators to verify his address.
He faces charges of perjury, defeating the ends of justice, unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, and discharging a firearm in a public place.
The charges relate to allegations that he staged his own assassination attempt in Vosloorus in November 2025.
During Monday’s proceedings, State prosecutor Advocate Thami Mpekana read an affidavit from the investigating officer detailing an alleged bribery attempt.
“After the statement and fingerprints were obtained from the applicant, as I was about to leave the cells, the applicant approached me,” the affidavit stated.
“He made a comment relating to bail. His words were: ‘Is there something that I can do for you not to oppose my bail?’”
The officer said he interpreted the remark as an attempt to offer a bribe.
“I took offence at what was said to me, in the context I understood it to be an attempt to offer a bribe not to oppose bail if there were an opposing application. I told him he must not even think of going that route with me,” the affidavit read.
The State also accused Mogotsi of misleading investigators and frustrating attempts to trace him.
According to Mpekana, police officers visited an address in Mmabatho, North West, supplied through Mogotsi’s legal team, but were told he did not live there.
“At the address, I found Thandiwe, and I enquired about Mogotsi. She told me the applicant does not reside at the address,” Mpekana read from the affidavit.
Prosecutors further alleged investigators struggled to contact Mogotsi before his appearance at the Madlanga Commission and claimed he had previously provided false address details during a 2007 investigation.
However, Mogotsi’s lawyer, William Sekgatja, rejected the allegations.
He insisted that authorities had been given accurate information.
“The address is positive. I even sent a pin location to the investigating officer via WhatsApp,” Sekgatja argued in court.
Mogotsi, who maintains his innocence, told the court he believes the State’s case is based on speculation and weak evidence.
He said he could afford a bail of R10,000.
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