Nota Baloyi appears in court after prison release

Nhlamulo “Nota” Baloyi appeared in the Randburg magistrate's court on Friday after his release from Johannesburg Prison, known as Sun City, on Monday.

Nota, who also faces a rape accusation filed by actress Itumeleng Bokaba, was released under correctional supervision.

He appeared at the family court in connection with a protection order that was served in September.

This after he requested that his attorney examine a video which he believes could indicate Bokaba might have broken the protection order, which prohibits her from discussing him on social media.

“It's a very costly exercise but hopefully it will be done soon. I was in prison and therefore could not reply or file my affidavits in time so they've given [me] an extension until December 30 to file the reply to the affidavits and the indexing needs to be submitted on January 21, and the matter will be heard on January 26,” he told TshisaLIVE.

“When you're in prison you think you might be raped. Fortunately that didn't happen to me. You are able to trade things like slices of bread, so if you give them soap, they iron your clothes. And I had spare Sunlight. My case has been postponed to February 26.”

The controversial music manager served nearly 20 days of a 60-day sentence imposed by the Johannesburg high court in March 2023, related to a defamation case brought against him by rapper Ntokozo Mdluli, better known as K.O, over social media allegations.

After his release in late November, Nota took to X to boast about his experience in prison, expressing how much he missed the people he met while incarcerated. He also boasted about the luxuries he enjoyed while in prison, including having his clothes ironed, receiving meals, and getting visits from his loved ones.

“Among serial killers, mass murderers, rapists, scammers, fraudsters and all manner of deplorable characters, your GOAT (greatest of all time) was the biggest rock star. Inside, I had my meals brought to me, my clothes ironed every morning from the day I arrived, and a bed waiting for me until my release,” he said.

“As nice as it is to be out, I miss my brothers back inside Monster’s Inc, watching SABC news from the prison cell, seeing our lovers, mothers, wives and sisters taking to the streets because the men who are supposed to protect them are locked down for 18 hours, eating a meal a day.”

Nota joked about “converting to Judaism” and claimed there was no dinner served in prison, which he said did not affect him.

“There’s no supper in jail. You get porridge for breakfast and five slices of bread after the nonsense they give us prisoners for lunch. Fortunately for me, I converted to Judaism because the kosher menu has rice and better-quality protein than that of the Christians and pork, unlike halaal.”

Nota is under house detention with high-risk supervision until January 2025.