Case against ‘Christian Resistance’ members postponed
Members of the National Christian Resistance Movement, also known as the Crusaders, appeared in the Middelburg District Court on Monday on terror-related charges.
Leader of the group Harry Knoesen, brothers Eric and Errol Abrams and Riana Heymans are charged with contravening the Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Act.
Knoesen made his first appearance on Friday while the other three first appeared on Monday.
Hawks nabbed Knoesen at his Mpumalanga home on Thursday.
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Heymans was arrested on Friday evening alongside two accomplices in Kliprivier, Johannesburg.
The crime-fighting unit says the arrest follows a two-year investigation into an alleged terrorist plot in which the group targeted national key points, shopping malls and informal settlements.
National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) spokesperson in Mpumalanga Monica Nyuswa says the matter was postponed until next year.
"The matter has been postponed to 21 January 2020 for further investigations."