Friday, 5 June 2026

KZN South Coast Terror: 'Tiger' Shusha Handed 23 Years for Savage Bush-Knife Attack on Sleeping Pensioner (75)

BY : CHANON LECODEY MERRICKS ONLINE EDITOR KASiBC_AFRiCA

PORT SHEPSTONE — The Port Shepstone Regional Court has handed down a heavy 23-year direct prison sentence to 45-year-old Mpumelelo "Tiger" Shusha following a brutal home invasion in the holiday town of Port Edward.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomed the sentence, which marks a significant breakthrough against a violent housebreaking syndicate that had been terrorizing elderly residents along the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast.

Ambushed in the Dark

According to the state's evidence, the harrowing attack took place near midnight on 24 November 2023. The 75-year-old victim was fast asleep in his home when Shusha and two heavily armed accomplices smashed their way through the security barriers.

Armed with a large bush knife (panga) and an assortment of other weapons, the three men stormed the elderly man's bedroom. They launched a savage physical assault on the pensioner while he was still trapped in his bed, leaving him with severe physical injuries.

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Hammer Horror in Gqeberha: Tenants Handed 25 Years After Lovers' Plot with Landlord's Partner to Bludgeon Elder to Death

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GQEBERHA — In a chilling case of domestic betrayal, a romantic couple who rented a backyard flatlet have each been slapped with an effective 25-year direct prison sentence for the brutal hammer murder and staged robbery of their 65-year-old landlord.

The High Court of South Africa, Eastern Cape Division, sitting in Gqeberha, handed down the heavy sentences against Anke-Mari Cilliers (39) and Lee-Roy Scholtz (38) after the lovers capitulated to overwhelming forensic evidence, signing a formal Section 105A plea and sentencing agreement.

The trial has also exposed an alleged deeper, more sinister mastermind: the victim's cohabiting life partner, Estelle Le Grange (57), who is accused of orchestrating the hit on her lover.

The Plot: A Murder Disguised as a Housebreaking

According to the plea statements admitted into the court record, the murder of Daniel de Jager on the night of 29 October 2025 at his Newton Park home was not a random crime, but a carefully coordinated conspiracy.

Cilliers and Scholtz admitted that Le Grange had approached them on numerous occasions, explicitly begging the tenants to help her eliminate De Jager. On the night of the murder, the trio met in the backyard flatlet to finalize the assassination plot, agreeing to disguise the killing as a violent housebreaking and robbery.

Shortly before midnight, once Le Grange confirmed De Jager was fast asleep, she unlocked the main house to let the tenants inside.

Bludgeoned in His Sleep

Le Grange allegedly led the tenants directly into the victim's bedroom, handed Scholtz a heavy workshop hammer, and commanded him to attack.

Scholtz repeatedly bashed De Jager in the head with the hammer, while Le Grange allegedly stood by the bedside, actively encouraging him to keep striking until the 65-year-old stopped moving. A post-mortem report later confirmed that De Jager died from a combination of catastrophic blunt-force head trauma and a sharp-force injury to his neck.

Following the execution, the trio ransacked the house to simulate a messy home invasion. They stole De Jager's:

Motor vehicle (later abandoned and recovered by police)
Jewellery and wallet
Bank cards and laptop

In the early hours of the following morning, the killer tenants were caught on CCTV using the dead man's bank cards to withdraw R4,500 from an ATM.

Caught by Digital Footprints

The state's case was completely unassailable. Prosecutors presented intensive cellular data and digital evidence showing extensive, real-time communication between Le Grange, Scholtz, and Cilliers before, during, and directly after the murder—obliterating any alibi they attempted to fabricate.

Facing a mountain of digital evidence, the tenants pleaded guilty to murder, aggravated robbery, defeating the ends of justice, and a statutory violation of the Older Persons Act.

Conviction Count	Individual Sentence Imposed	Operational Court Directive
Count 1: Murder	25 Years Direct Imprisonment	Primary custodial sentence term.
Count 2: Aggravated Robbery	15 Years Imprisonment	Ordered to run concurrently with Count 1.
Count 3: Older Persons Act Violation	5 Years Imprisonment	Ordered to run concurrently with Count 1.
Count 4: Defeating Ends of Justice	5 Years Imprisonment	Ordered to run concurrently with Count 1.

The court ordered all auxiliary sentences to merge into the murder count, leaving both Scholtz and Cilliers with an effective 25 years behind bars.

"The successful finalisation of this matter demonstrates the strength of a coordinated criminal justice system. We remain resolute in our efforts to hold perpetrators accountable and to protect the most vulnerable members of our communities," said Eastern Cape Acting Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Samkelo Mtwana.

Alleged Mastermind Up Next

While the tenants begin their quarter-century stretch in maximum-security prison, the legal nightmare is far from over for the woman who allegedly commissioned the hit.

The court granted a formal separation of trials, and the alleged mastermind, Estelle Le Grange, is officially scheduled to stand trial alone on 10 June 2026. State prosecutors intend to use the signed confessions and testimonies of her former tenants to secure a life sentence against her.

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GREEN SNAKE IN THE GRASS: EFF Exposes McKenzie’s Alleged 'Massive Capture' of Arts Boards with Patriotic Alliance Cadres

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JOHANNESBURG — The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have launched a devastating political assault on Sport, Arts and Culture Minister , accusing him of orchestrating a systemic, mafia-style "" of South Africa's cultural boards by stuffing them full of Patriotic Alliance (PA) card-carrying loyalists, family members, and friendly media practitioners.

In a scathing statement released following a dramatic Portfolio Committee meeting on Tuesday, 2 June 2026, the Red Berets claimed McKenzie has effectively transformed his entire state department into a highly funded employment bureau and patronage network for the PA.

The 'Stink'

The explosive allegations cracked wide open during a parliamentary review into the state's flagship Mzansi Golden Economy (MGE) funding allocation process. The MGE Open Call is the primary financial pipeline meant to distribute multi-million-rand grants to struggling grassroots artists, dancers, and theater groups.

However, the EFF revealed that during the committee session, sitting members of the state's funding adjudication panel openly confessed under oath that they had been personally handpicked and called by Minister McKenzie to take up the positions.

The Red Berets also flagged a massive nepotism warning over the inclusion of panelist Ms. Shabnam Petersen, who is allegedly directly related to sitting Patriotic Alliance Member of Parliament, Jasmine Shannon Petersen.

All the Minister's Men: The Boardroom Takeover

The EFF presented a highly coordinated audit of major national heritage councils, proving that the alleged green "cadre deployment" goes far deeper than a single funding panel.

The party exposed a staggering concentration of power surrounding a single PA family unit: Ms. Wilma Petra Botha and her son, Mr. Eugene Botha.

"Gayton McKenzie is treating the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture as though it were a Patriotic Alliance caucus room. Public entities and councils are being populated entirely by political allies, loyalists, and family members," the EFF thundered.

The Red Berets provided a detailed index of state entities they claim have been compromised by explicit PA deployments:

National Entity / Museum Board	Appointed Executive / Member	Documented Political Allegiance / Affiliation
National Arts Council (NAC)	Mr. Eugene Botha (Chairperson)	McKenzie’s personal defense lawyer and chief PA compliance strategist.
Robben Island Museum	Ms. Wilma Petra Botha (Board Member)	Confirmed PA member; biological mother of NAC Chair Eugene Botha.
Luthuli Museum Council	Ms. Wilma Petra Botha (Chairperson)	Concurrently runs this apex liberation heritage board.
National Film & Video Foundation	Chad Louw & Sydney James	Both board members openly display active PA party affiliations.
Boxing South Africa	Vincent Blennies & Sydney James	Both sitting board members are active PA operatives.

The EFF noted with immense panic that the deployment of Wilma Petra Botha across the Robben Island, Luthuli, uMsunduzi, and Ncome museum councils—while her son controls the National Arts Council—creates an unprecedented family monopoly over the state's heritage machinery.

Media Capture and Calls for Forensics

The Red Berets further alleged that McKenzie is actively attempting to buy favorable media compliance by dishing out state board seats to working journalists. The party singled out Yazeed Kamaldien, a current freelance television reporter for Newzroom Afrika, who was allegedly approached directly by the Minister to sit on the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) Council.

The EFF stated that this blatant patronage is happening while South African legendary musicians, actors, and writers are starving, being exploited by record labels, and dying in absolute poverty.

The EFF's Immediate Demands:

Forensic Audit: An immediate, independent criminal forensic investigation into every single board, council, and advisory appointment made since McKenzie took office.
Dissolution of Boards: The immediate stripping and dissolution of any board found to have been populated through political favoritism or nepotism.
Parliamentary Overhaul: Shifting the power of arts board appointments away from the Minister's office and into a transparent, public parliamentary vetting process.

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Thursday, 4 June 2026

Horror Stab Attack: Volksrust Dad Slapped with 22 Years for Murdering Girlfriend After Secret Affair and Paternity Shockwaves

BY : CHANON LECODEY MERRICKS ONLINE EDITOR KASiBC_AFRiCA

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BREYTEN — The , sitting in the rural town of , has sentenced 41-year-old to an effective 22 years of direct imprisonment for the savage murder of his long-term girlfriend, Amanda Khumalo.

The brutal killing, which took place in the presence of the couple's 14-year-old daughter, was triggered by a toxic mix of jealousy, infidelity accusations, and a sudden .

From Domestic Dispute to 11 Stab Wounds

According to a formal admitted into the court record, the deadly altercation occurred on at in . Sibiya confronted Khumalo after discovering she was involved in a romantic affair with another local man.

Sibiya claimed he was initially attempting to address the deep emotional and psychological toll the affair was taking on their two minor children, alongside the severe humiliation and "loss of dignity" he was suffering across the neighborhood. However, the confrontation took a catastrophic turn when Khumalo suddenly dropped a devastating bombshell, telling Sibiya that he was not the of the children he had raised.

Blinded by sudden rage and emotionally overwhelmed, Sibiya grabbed a nearby knife and began systematically hacking at Khumalo.

Child Witnessed Savage Killing.

The couple’s 14-year-old daughter was forced to watch her father brutally assault her mother.

The terrified child sprinted out of the room to get help from an uncle who lived in a neighboring shack.

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BAIL DENIED : Flamboyant Businessman Brown Mogotsi Locked Up After Staging 'Assassination' Attempt for Insurance Fraud

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JOHANNESBURG — The Magistrates’ Court has slammed the prison doors shut on controversial businessman , denying him bail after he allegedly faked a dramatic assassination attempt on his own luxury vehicle in .

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has highly welcomed the ruling, which exposes what investigators believe was a bizarre, highly calculated that went completely wrong. Mogotsi is now facing a rap sheet of serious criminal charges, including the unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, discharging a firearm in a built-up area, defeating the course of justice, and .

The Faked Hit: What the State Alleges

According to the state's indictment sheet, Mogotsi allegedly drove his vehicle to an isolated section of Vosloorus, got out, and deliberately pumped multiple bullets into his own car to simulate a high-profile, targeted drive-by shooting.

He then rushed to the local police station to open a high-priority attempted murder case, spinning a dramatic tale to detectives and signing a formal police affidavit under oath detailing how "unknown gunmen" had ambushed him.

However, and crime scene investigators quickly poked massive holes in his story. The trajectory of the bullet holes and gunpowder residue conclusively proved that the shots were fired while the vehicle was completely stationary, and from a weapon handled by someone standing right next to the car.

Bribery, Lies, and Ghost Addresses

The State launched a fierce opposition to Mogotsi's , exposing him as a who attempted to manipulate the justice system from the moment he was caught:

Evading the Law: Mogotsi actively went into hiding and evaded law enforcement tracking systems for days before his eventual cornering and arrest.

Bribing Detectives: The state alleged that upon his arrest, the businessman tried to improperly influence and bribe the lead investigating officer to make the docket "disappear."

Fake Residential Records: Mogotsi provided investigators with multiple contradictory, unconfirmed, and completely unverifiable residential addresses.

"The accused deliberately fabricated an entire violent crime scene and lied under oath. He has shown a complete contempt for law enforcement, making false statements to the police to advance a criminal agenda," argued the State Prosecutor.

Interests of Justice Prevail

In handing down the ruling, the presiding magistrate agreed entirely with the prosecution's hardline arguments, finding that Mogotsi had miserably failed to satisfy the legal requirements for his release.

The court noted with grave concern that by providing ghost addresses, Mogotsi had failed to establish a verifiable fixed primary residence, creating a massive danger that he would skip the country and refuse to stand trial if released into the public.

The fake hit-victim turned criminal suspect has been remanded in custody at a local correctional facility. Mogotsi will make his next high-profile appearance in the dock on 12 June 2026 for the formal disclosure of the state's criminal docket and the setting of an official trial date.

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Friday, 5 June 2026