The firearms that killed Oupa John Sefoka, known as DJ Sumbody, including an AK-47 rifle, are linked to at least 10 high-profile cases that include murder and attempted murder.
This was disclosed on Tuesday by national police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe outside the Alexandra magistrate’s court in Johannesburg, where four people appeared in connection with the November 2022 murder of Sefoka and his two bodyguards, Sibusiso Mokoena and Sandile Myeza. The trio were ambushed in a hail of bullets in Woodmead in what police believe was a planned execution.
Sandton businessman Katiso “KT” Molefe, accused of being the mastermind who ordered the hit on DJ Sumbody, was arrested on Monday. His co-accused and alleged hitmen are Michael Pule Tau, Tiego Floyd Mabusela and Musa Kekana.
According to the charge sheet, the four face three counts of murder and unlawful possession of firearms.
On Tuesday, the prosecution said new information had come to their attention that needed to be investigated before they could proceed with a bail application by Molefe.
The case was postponed to July 29, with the court ordering Molefe be kept at the Kgoši Mampuru correctional centre in Tshwane.
Molefe had been out on bail after being arrested in connection with the murder of Armand Swart, a Vereeniging engineer killed in April last year after his company allegedly flagged price gouging in a Transnet tender.
The alleged hitmen in the same matter, Tau, Mabusela and Kekana, were in custody.
Mabusela and Kekana also face charges of attempted murder in the Vusi “Cat” Matlala case of attempted murder on his ex-girlfriend Tebogo Thobejane.
Mathe told the media that within three hours of the murder of Swart, Gauteng organised crime detectives tracked down three suspects. During the arrests they seized one AK-47 rifle and three pistols.
“Those firearms have been in custody since. They were taken for ballistics testing.”