Embattled Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli and fellow detained soldiers are pleading poverty and face a huge battle to retain the services of highly qualified, prominent lawyers to defend them in their upcoming murder and attempted murder trials.
So dire is their financial predicament that Lt-Gen Kamoli and the other soldiers' lawyers are threatening to withdraw their services if the state does not take over the responsibility of paying their legal fees.
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