Possible link between DJ Sumbody murder weapon and Thobejane attack

Preliminary tests connect crime scene evidence

- By Setumo Stone

Police are investigating a possible link between the firearm used in the 2023 attempted murder of actress Tebogo Thobejane and a series of high-profile shootings.

According to sources close to the case against controversial Gauteng businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, the weapon may connect Thobejane’s near-fatal attack to the unsolved murder of popular DJ Sumbody as well as the brazen assault on taxi billionaire Joe Sibanyoni.

Ballistic examinations were ongoing, but preliminary results suggest that shell casings recovered from the N1 highway scene where Thobejane narrowly escaped death may match those found at the crime scenes of both DJ Sumbody’s fatal ambush and the 2022 shooting of Sibanyoni outside the Centurion Golf Estate in Centurion.

In court in Alexandra two Fridays ago, when Matlala and his lover Tsakani appeared alongside suspected hitmen Tlego Floyd Mabusela and Musa Kekana in connection with the attempt on Thobejane’s life, the state told the magistrate that they intended to add more charges, mentioning a docket in Pretoria West and another in Lyttleton.

Sunday World understands that the Lyttleton docket refers to the Sibanyoni case.