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Five appear in court in connection with Russian military recruitment
Daily News
|December 02, 2025
FIVE suspects accused of luring five men to Russia for gun training programmes appeared in Kempton Park Magistrate's Court yesterday. Among the suspects was a SAFM radio presenter, attached to the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).
Nonkululeko Mantula, 39, who hosts the morning show "The Morning Bliss", which is aired between 3am and 5am on weekdays, was charged alongside Thulani Mazibuko, 24, Xolani Ntuli, 47, Siphamandla Tshabalala, 23, and Sfiso Mabena, 21, for the contravention of the regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act.
Mantula and the other four have been detained in custody pending a formal bail application in seven days.
The suspects were arrested by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) over the weekend.
This story is from the December 02, 2025 edition of Daily News.
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