Former deputy social development minister David Malatsi appeared in the Cape Town Magistrates Court on Friday, charged with corruption.

He appeared before magistrate Alta le Roux, who postponed the case to April 16 for further investigation.

Le Roux ordered that Malatsi and former Western Cape premier Peter Marais, who appeared in the same court on the same charge on Wednesday, appear together in court 13 on April 16 at 8:30am.

Malatsi was released on R10 000 bail by prior arrangement and his appearance on Friday lasted less than five minutes.

Malatsi's arrest and court appearance on Friday followed the arrest and court appearance of Marais by the Scorpions elite crime unit.

Both men have been linked to alleged kickbacks totalling R400 000 from the Roodefontein golf estate development near Plettenberg Bay.

At the time Malatsi was the Western Cape MEC responsible for development planning.

Malatsi's bail conditions were the same as those of Marais.

He must notify Scorpions' senior special investigator JD Kotze in Cape Town if he wishes to leave the province. He must also make himself available by telephone and cellular numbers and times of his departures and return to the province.

Other conditions pertain to travelling overseas where flight numbers and times of departure and return dates must be supplied.

Another condition was that Malatsi must not threaten and/or coerce and/or in any way contact or have contact with any state witnesses.

Prior to his court appearance Malatsi handed himself over to the Scorpions in Cape Town shortly before 10am after a warrant for his arrest was issued.

Unlike Wednesday, when journalists were allowed into the Scorpions' offices when Marais surrendered, a guard said he had been instructed not to allow any of the media into the building. He said his instructions were from the Scorpions.

Before entering the Scorpions' offices, Malatsi told journalists he was handing himself over to the Scorpions but this was not an admission of guilt.

He said a warrant had been issued and the legal processes must be followed.

Malatsi said he welcomed the Scorpions' investigation and subsequent court case which he said would give him an opportunity to clear his name.

Malatsi was in the Scorpions' office for about 40 minutes before he was taken to Caledon Square police station, next to the courts, where he was fingerprinted and told of the charges he would face.

Twenty minutes later he appeared in the magistrates court.

Malatsi implicated in another furore

Meanwhile, the Cape Argus reported on Friday that Malatsi was "deeply" involved in another multimillion rand development furore that was set to rock the New National Party.

The paper said the Big Bay development at Bloubergstrand appeared to have all the hallmarks of the Roodefontein golf estate plan scandal.

The Big Bay row includes complaints of pressure by politicians and an allegation of a large donation to the NNP by the developers.

Other party leaders are also reportedly in the firing line, including Gerald Morkel, the former NNP provincial leader and now a Democratic Alliance member.

NNP chief secretary in the Western Cape Freddie Adams denied the allegations.

"We have worked through the NNP's Western Cape financial statements for the past three years and could not identify any donation that raised the concerns," he told the Cape Argus.

The go-ahead for the Big Bay public-private development project, billed in some reports as a R3-billion "sunshine strip" for the city, was given last March by Malatsi.

With acknowledgements to Sapa and iafrica.com.