John Hlophe ruled that Zandile Mafe's further detention at Valkenberg was unlawful 'and should come to an end with immediate effect'.
Setting aside an order that National Assembly alleged arsonist Zandile Mafe be kept at Valkenberg psychiatric hospital for observation, Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe mused that he personally took Mafe's word "for now" that he was "not mad, he knows what he was doing".
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