The Pretoria specialised commercial crimes court has denied bail to the leader of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church IPHC, Mike Sandlana.
Sandlana is accused of bribing high court judge Portia Phahlane to deliver a favourable judgment in a succession dispute involving three men in the wealthy church.
Sandlana and his spokesperson, Vusi Ndala, were arrested in November with Phahlane, who presided over the controversial legal succession battle for control of the IPHC.
