Mthatha - Three people accused of burning a statue of ANC stalwart Oliver Tambo at a heritage site in Nkantolo village appeared in the Bizana Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, Eastern Cape police said.
The case was postponed to December 9 for a bail application, Lieutenant Khaya Tonjeni said.
The three face charges including arson. They were arrested on October 24 after a task team appointed by the Eastern Cape provincial commissioner investigated the incident.
The statue, which formed part of a heritage site, was burnt on October 22. Tambo, born in Bizana, was among the founding members of the African National Congress Youth League in 1944 and became its first national secretary. He became ANC president and died of a stroke in April 1993.
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