LIVE | Fadiel Adams in court

12:31Se Anne Rall Court is adjourned. 12:31Se Anne Rall Hendricks requests for Adams to be assisted in getting medication as he was due to undergo a shoulder operation. He says Adams did not travel with his medication or medical aid card. 12:30Se Anne Rall The Magistrate implores Adams not to disclose his location to anyone. 12:29Se Anne Rall The Magistrate has remanded the matter to Wednesday, May 13, 2026. A location has been arranged where Adams will be remanded. It will be shared with his legal team and his family. It will not be made public. 12:23Se Anne Rall The Magistrate says she will allow the remand. 12:18Se Anne Rall The State, through Advocate Zwelethu Mata, says Hendricks is over-simplifying the charges against Adams. 12:15Se Anne Rall 12:13Se Anne Rall Hendricks says Adams can pay R5,000 bail and can surrender his passport either at the two police stations near his home in Cape Town or hand it over to the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). 12:08Se Anne Rall Hendricks highlights reasons why Adams should not be remanded in custody - "He has no outstanding warrants, no protection orders against him, and there were matters against him, but they have since been withdrawn." Hendricks says proof of Adams's address and an alternate address have been adequately sourced and provided. 12:04Se Anne Rall Hendricks says the State's request for extra time cannot be justified. He says it cannot be in the interest of justice to remand Adams in custody. "He has a wife, he has kids, he has a bond to pay." 12:01Se Anne Rall Adams's lawyer is arguing that his client's right to life and right to safety override the State's request for a postponement. 11:57Se Anne Rall Adams's lawyer states that on May 2, 2026, police were looking for him at his previous address. He says the State declined to say this in court. He said on May 4, Adams approached the court in the Western Cape, and an order was granted on May 5 for the police to provide his client with a copy of the arrest warrant and supporting documents. He denies that Adams is a fugitive of justice, instead he is someone who provided himself to the courts. 11:52Se Anne Rall 11:51Se Anne Rall Adams's legal representative, Bruce Hendricks, is arguing that there is no motivation for why the State is seeking further time to gather material. 11:48Se Anne Rall The State says Adams has shown defiant behaviour and even pronounced profanity towards the court, which will appear in the Investigating Officer's report. The State says that there is information about the interference of State witnesses, prior to Adams's appearance in court on Thursday. 11:46Se Anne Rall The State is asking for more time to gather material from Adams's media briefings. The State says Adams told the public that he was a fugitive. 11:44Se Anne Rall The State has said it is opposed to Adams being released. 11:37Se Anne Rall Charges against Fadiel Adams Two counts of defeating the ends of justice and three counts of fraud 10:06Se Anne Rall Family, friends and supporters arrive in court