News24 reports that the National Prosecuting Authority does not yet have the date for the trial in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.
Suspended Grade RR teacher Tharina Human and her co-accused, Laetitia Nel, Pieter Jacobus van Zyl and Bafokeng Molemohi, appeared in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
They are accused of kidnapping the girl outside her school on September 2, last year.
On Thursday, prosecutor Luanda Ngcobo submitted to Magistrate Martin Snygans that the matter was previously postponed for the High Court date.
She also said the indictment for the accused was available and furnished to their defence teams.
The case was postponed to February 25 when the High Court date will be furnished to the court.
According to the indictment, the four accused allegedly contravened the provisions of Section 18(2)(A) of the Riotous Assemblies Act 17 of 1956 for conspiracy to commit kidnapping, alternatively attempted kidnapping, kidnapping and attempted extortion.
The State alleges that on August 29 the accused unlawfully conspired to kidnap the girl and subsequently did so on September 2. In terms of Count 3, the accused threatened the girl’s father and demanded a R2m ransom.
Human, Van Zyl and Molemohi remain in custody while Nel’s bail has been extended.
