Pretoria - Honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani failed to turn up for his extradition hearing at a London court because he was ill.
A psychiatrist's report before the City Westminster Magistrate's Court said that Dewani was suffering from acute stress disorder.
The request by South African authorities for Dewani to be brought back to South Africa to stand trial for the murder of his wife, Anni, will now only be heard in two weeks' time.
Justice Ministry spokesperson Tlali Tlali said the hearing was postponed to 8 February.
Anni was killed while the couple was honeymooning in South Africa in November last year. Dewani claimed the couple was hijacked while they were driving through Khayelitsha and that he was forced out of the vehicle.
Anni's body was found in the abandoned vehicle the next day. She had been shot.
Dewani returned to the UK shortly after his wife's death and was arrested thereafter. Zola Tongo, the man who chauffeured the couple, claimed in court that Dewani gave him R15 000 as payment to kill Anni.
The money was apparently to be shared by Tongo and the two other accused in the case. Tongo allegedly received a further R1 000 after Anni was killed.
He claimed that the couple was never hijacked or forced out of the vehicle, saying the hijacking was faked to cover up the murder.
Tongo was sentenced to an effective 18 years imprisonment for his role in the crime.
