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Taxi boss Siyabonga Thomas Getsemane is at the center of a legal storm as arrest warrants issued in June are now on hold after his lawyers argued they’re flawed and shouldn’t be used as a last resort. Police attempted to serve the warrants in July but found him absent — and it turns out the new warrants share a case number with a dropped 2023 arrest linked to a quarry incident where Getsemane and 12 others were detained. The prosecution later dropped that case. New charges include fraud, extortion, trespassing, and harassment — though Getsemane claims he had legal documents proving his right to be at the quarry, which police deemed fake. His lawyers also point out that some named individuals, like Sibusiso Mdima, weren’t even present during the original incident and were unaware of the warrants. The court has granted the state time to respond, with a hearing scheduled for August 19. Meanwhile, Getsemane is also battling a R100 million lawsuit against the police and seeking an injunction to stop what he calls ongoing harassment against him and his wife.

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