Motorist accused of killing teen in Germiston granted bail
68-year-old Martha van der Walt appeared in the Germiston Magistrate's Court on Friday on a charge of culpable homicide.
Last month, 13-year-old Pretty Mahlangu was killed when a car ploughed through a group of teenagers attending a traditional ceremony called umhlonyane.
Shortly after the incident, Van der Walt handed herself over to police where she was released on R5,000 station bail.
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In court on Friday, her attorney Keniel Muthray said his client will continue cooperating with police investigations.
"Because of the schedule, she is not required to place efficient facts to show in terms of schedule 5 or 6, which is a little bit more of an onerous task. We just need to see if it's in the interest of justice that she be released."
The Mahlangu family has accused officers at the Germiston police station of giving Van der Walt preferential treatment.
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