Guards framed for murder - security firm owner Mathibeli

CFSS chief alleges charges are baseless

- By Bongani Mdakane

Evaton police have arrested five security guards from the high-profile Calvin and Family Security Services (CFSS) for the kidnapping and murder of two local men, a case the company’s owner, tycoon Calvin Mathibeli, alleges is a fabricated attack on his business.

Mathibeli is the husband of Ukhozi FM and Gagasi FM content producer, as well as former Yizo Yizo and Imbewu star Smangele Mathibeli née Mbatha.

According to the police, the five guards were apprehended after an investigation into the deaths of Thulani Zondo (50) and Dennis Mashaba (22) of Evaton. The two men were kidnapped in February, and their families discovered their decomposed bodies at a government mortuary in May.

Evaton police station spokesperson constable Thulisile Msibi said according to the complainant - Mashaba’s unidentified sibling - on February 24 around 10.30pm, unknown men entered his brother's shack and accused him of stealing cars. When he denied the allegation, he was beaten with a sjambok and fists before the men drove away with him.

She did not specify how the men then found Zondo.

Zondo’s sister, Lerato Mofokeng, said their families scoured hospitals and mortuaries across Gauteng trying to find their missing relatives.