Investigating officer details moments leading up to DJ Warras’ murder

THE investigating officer in the murder of popular media personality DJ Warrick Stock, known as DJ Warras, has detailed the dispute that he believes led to him being killed outside the Zambesi Building in Johannesburg last month.

- SIMON MAJADIBODU

Captain Abe Montwedi took the stand in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court yesterday when the State opposed murder accused Victor Majola’s bail application.

Montwedi told the court that the original owner of the building died in 2018, after which his son inherited the property. The son later noticed a sharp decline in rental income, from more than R700,000 a month to about R400,000. This, he said, raised suspicions that something was wrong.

According to Montwedi, it later emerged that certain tenants were collecting rent from other occupants and not paying it over to the rightful owner.

DJ Warras and his business partner were approached to assist. They called a meeting with tenants and announced plans to take over management of the flats, introduce biometric access and issue permits to residents.

"This angered those who were illegally collecting money," Montwedi said.

He testified that one of those individuals was Majola’s girlfriend.