Not off the hook: Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni faces charges of allegedly forcing a mining entrepreneur to pay “protection fees” between 2022 and 2025. Photo: Supplied
Taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni was granted bail by the Delmas Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga on Thursday after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) officially re-enrolled the R2.2-million extortion and money laundering case.
“This is a Schedule 5 bail application, which is not opposed by the state,” the magistrate said.
“The court, having considered all the evidence before it, is satisfied that all the applicants have satisfied the court that it is in the interests of justice that they be released on bail and bail is therefore granted.”
The matter will return to court on 1 September. The case was re-enrolled after state prosecutor Mkhuseli Ntaba failed to appear for a scheduled bail hearing at the Kwaggafontein Magistrate’s Court on 18 May.
