Magistrate Michelle Adams denied Zandile Christmas Mafe, the man accused of burning down Parliament at the start of the year, bail in the Cape Town Regional Court on Friday, 4 February. MAFE GRANTED BAILMafe was charged with housebreaking with intent to commit terrorism and arson, arson, terrorism and theft. The terrorism charges are schedule 6 offences, which require the defence to adduce evidence of exceptional circumstances to prove that releasing the accused on bail is in the interest of justice. Mafe’s senior counsel, Dali Mpofu, listed 12 such exceptional circumstances, including his unl…