FILE| Johannesburg, South Africa – January 13: Victor Majola at Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court for a bail application in the Warrick ‘DJ Warras’ Stock murder case on January 13, 2026, in Johannesburg, South Africa. DJ Warras was shot and killed in the Johannesburg CBD on 16 December. Picture: Gallo Images/Lubabalo Lesolle Victor Mthethwa Majola’s attorney, Dumisani Mabunda, started proceedings on Friday with an application to reopen the case after presenting his closing arguments on Thursday.
This comes after the court on Thursday denied Mabunda’s request for the state to provide video footage in its possession that it intends to use as evidence in the case. Majola appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday for his bail application. The court was supposed to hear the state’s closing arguments in the bail application of Majola in the murder case of Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock.
However, Mabinda said he had obtained new evidence that might assist his client in the bail application. “Before the state process, I just need to please address the court. Your worship, I want to bring an application to actually reopen the case based on new evidence of video footage that we want to actually help this court with,” said Mabunda.
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“This footage is actually from third parties. Your worship, we do not know whether that video footage is in the state’s possession. But as far as the court is concerned, your worship, it’s reliable footage that is in possession of Eyewitness News.” Magistrate Annalise Tlhapi asked: “Is it reliable, and from what you said, you are not sure.
So I want to say to you, is it a reliable source, and is it the same as what the state had?” “Your worship, we don’t know what video footage the state has since the court decided that particular video footage was not necessary for these proceedings. So now, as we have always maintained, it is a matter of public interest,” responded Mabunda. “In reopening the case, the court can actually look into evidence that is presented by a third party as long as we show that that particular footage is relevant, is material and is weighted to this case.
And as far as I’m concerned, your worship, you don’t necessarily have to deal with the basic requirements in terms of normal trial proceedings. So in this instance, if the court is satisfied, we can bring it over just to satisfy the court on balance of probabilities, if there are exceptional circumstances in the interest of justice.”
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