Office of the Provincial Commissioner KwaZulu-Natal
DURBAN –Nhlanhla Mhlongo (22) and Sakhile Cele (25) appeared in the KwaDukuza Magistrate’s Court for the robbery and murder of a tuckshop owner and were remanded in custody until 23 February 2021 for a bail application. KwaDukuza Detectives arrested the two friends on Sunday, 14 February 2021 at Doringkop area in KwaDukuza.
It is alleged that on 06 February 2021, a tuckshop owner Goberdhan Sahadew (74) was at his home at Holmbosch Farm when the two suspects attacked him. They locked the door, assaulted, strangled and stabbed the victim once on the chest. They took his cellphones, shotgun, cash and other items and drove away in his vehicle. The vehicle was later found abandoned not far from the crime scene. Customers who found Sahadew’s lifeless body had spotted the bloodstains outside the yard and informed the police