Controversial businessman Stuart James Scharnick says he will represent himself after his lawyer withdrew from the case.
Scharnick appeared briefly in the Randburg Magistrates’ Court, where proceedings were postponed to 24 February next year.
Scharnick made a brief appearance on several charges, including failure to notify the Central Firearms Registry of a change in his residential address after relocating from Douglasdale.
Charges include improper storage of a firearm, after police discovered one of his weapons was not kept in a legally prescribed safe, allowing unauthorised access to a firearm by allegedly permitting another individual to handle or access his weapon.
He was arrested in August on the sidelines of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry.
This came after a reporter laid a complaint of intimidation against him.-Reporting by Zine Buthelezi