{"id":47855,"date":"2023-11-21T12:08:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T10:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/accused-on-trial-for-the-murder-of-claremont-waiter-raymond-matusa-released-on-bail-20231121\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:53:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:53:50","slug":"accused-on-trial-for-the-murder-of-claremont-waiter-raymond-matusa-released-on-bail-20231121","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/accused-on-trial-for-the-murder-of-claremont-waiter-raymond-matusa-released-on-bail-20231121\/","title":{"rendered":"Accused on trial for the murder of Claremont waiter Raymond Matusa released on bail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One of the two men arrested in connection with the murder of popular Claremont waiter Raymond Matusa (37) has been released on bail.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Following the pair\u2019s latest court appearance, Claremont Police Station Vispol commander Lt Col Marnus Fourie told\u00a0<em>People\u2019s Post\u00a0<\/em>one suspect had been granted bail.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fourie could not confirm the details of the suspect who was granted bail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the two men arrested in connection with the murder of popular Claremont waiter Raymond Matusa (37) has been released on bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lindsay Francis (34) from Capricorn and 58-year-old Steven Jacobs from Manenberg appeared in the Wynberg Magistrates\u2019 Court on Thursday 16 November. The pair had been arrested on the same day of the murder of Matusa, a Zimbabwean national, Thursday 24 August, in Claremont. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What led to their arrest at Cavendish Square Shopping Centre was when one of the men was seen wearing a jacket recognised as Matusa\u2019s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His lifeless body was later discovered in Frederick Road (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/jacket-links-two-men-to-murder-20230828\" target=\"_blank\">Jacket links two men to murder<\/a>\u201d, <span>People\u2019s Post<\/span>, 29 August 2023). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have since been remanded in custody. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following their latest court appearance, Claremont Police Station Vispol commander Lt Col Marnus Fourie told <span><em>People\u2019s Post <\/em><\/span>one suspect had been granted bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/suspects-plead-not-guilty-20231009\" 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