The Orkney Magistrates' Court in the North West postponed the case against disgraced ANC councillor Tebogo Sepale (43) on Friday. Sepale appears in six leaked sex videos where he can be seen engaging in sexual acts with both young men and women. The videos were leaked in April and the parents of some of the teenagers he was seen with in the videos opened statutory rape cases against him. He was arrested in May this year.

Sepale's case was postponed to 24 November 2023 for judgment on his bail application. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Henry Mamothame said that the state argued strongly against the granting of bail as it believes that it is in the interest of justice for him to remain in police custody until the completion of the trial. "Sepale argued that he suffered from illnesses that require treatment, which he alleges was not provided to him in custody. This was, however, disproved by an official from the correctional facility indicating that treatment is provided and that the accused would wish to consult with his private doctor such as being arranged," he said. Mamothame said that Prosecutor Advocate Maria Krause argued that there were no compelling circumstances to grant the accused bail. "Following the outcome of the bail application, the state will make an application to the Director of Public Prosecutions for the matter to be transferred to a higher court for pre-trial conference as investigations have been completed," he said.

Sepale is facing eleven provisional charges, two for statutory rape, three for the violation of a child with consent, one for manufacturing pornographic material, four for rape and one for sexual intimidation. Mamothane said the state may add other charges when the matter goes to a higher court. He added that the court appearance emanates from a report by the police indicating that the Klerksdorp Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit which was investigating a case of crimen injuria and two separate counts of statutory rape, after they were reported at Kanana police station, respectively. In one of the cases, the suspect allegedly shared nude pictures with the complainant, in the second and separate case but involving the same suspect, two counts of statutory rape which were laid on 06 May 2023 by the parents of two boys aged 15 and 17. Sepale remains in police custody pending the outcome of his bail application.