Nine suspects including one 54-year-old female believed to be a mine operator, her 20-year-old son and six others believed to be her security enforcers from KwaZulu-Natal are expected to appear in the Mogwase Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, 04 September 2025, on charges of kidnapping, murder, assault, malicious damage to property and attempted murder.
The eight were arrested on Tuesday, 02 September 2025 and Wednesday, 03 September 2025, by a multidisciplinary Investigation Team comprised of Provincial Murder and Robbery, Crime Intelligence, Tactical Response Team (TRT) and Sun City Detectives, which was established by the Acting Provincial Commissioner following the killing of five men at an open cast mine in Tlhatlaganyane on Tuesday, 02 September 2025.
The suspects’ charges relate to the case of kidnapping and murder that was reported to the police in Sun City on Thursday, 17 July 2025, where a victim was kidnapped at gun point and forced to take the suspects to a person they were looking for, who was eventually shot and killed. Out of nine suspects, two were positively linked with another case opened in Sun City on Thursday, 14 August 2025, and they will face additional charges of malicious damage to property, kidnapping, assault and attempted murder.
The police investigations are ongoing and there are possibilities for more arrests, including further charges against the suspects.
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