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News24 reports that Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) Chief Executive Officer, Zwelinkosi Reuben Mdletshe, and another man appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on allegations of conspiring to kill senior Popcru members.
Mdletshe and Robert Sheriff were remanded until Friday, when they are expected to appear for a formal bail application. Police spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale indicated as follows: "Their pursuit comes in the wake of an apparent elaborate plot to kidnap and murder current serving members within the leadership of Popcru. Investigations commenced in September this year and so far it has revealed there was apparent misappropriation of funds that was carried out through Popcru Investment Group of Companies (PIGC). These substantial transactions were allegedly embezzled since 2016." Mogale added that Neo Letele, who was arrested on 6 November, was apparently a middleman who was allegedly instructed by Mdletshe and Sheriff to source an assassin who was to be paid R1m to execute the hit. "This was in an attempt to silence those who wanted the two suspects to account for the funds,” said Mogale.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ntwaagae Seleka at News24
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