NPA and DJ Sumbody’s family welcome court’s decision to deny Molefe bail

THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the family of DJ Sumbody (Oupa Sefoka) have welcomed the ruling made by the Alexandra Magistrate's Court, which yesterday denied the bail application made by the alleged murder-for-hire accused, Katiso Molefe.

- SIYABONGA SITHOLE

Molefe, accused of masterminding the violent killings of popular musicians DJ Sumbody and DJ Vintos, as well as Armand Swart and Don Tindleni, has been described as a danger to society, with the means to use his bail to interfere with witnesses and the ongoing investigation.

The 61-year-old briefly appeared in the Alexandra Magistrate's Court yesterday for the 2022 murder case of DJ Sumbody and his two bodyguards, who were killed in a hail of bullets in Woodmead.

Molefe is alleged to have hired Michael Pule Tau, Tiego Floyd Mabusela, and Musa Kekana as the alleged hitmen to carry out hits on the victims on Molefe’ instructions.

The four murder accused are also charged with the April 2024 murder of Vereeniging engineer Swart, killed in an alleged case of mistaken identity after his company blew the whistle on tender corruption.

They are also implicated in the March 2023 murder of a man identified as Don Tindleni on the N1 near the N17 offramp.