The joint Team of Detectives from the Provincial office and the Waterberg District is still hard at work tracing the remaining suspects involved in the attack and robbery of the house of one of the Municipal Mayors in the Waterberg District in Limpopo province on Sunday, 14 February 2021 at about 20h00.
Police call upon Nthabiseng Rosina Lerumo aged 46, on the attached Photos, from Gauteng Province, to visit Lephalale Police Station or the nearest Police Station in order to assist with investigations in this matter.
The first two arrested suspects in this matter, Joao Antonio Lucas aged 38, and Portia Kgama aged 34, have already appeared before the Phalala magistrate court outside Lephalale on 15 April 2021.
Two appear in court for robbery at Limpopo mayorâs house
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Johannesburg - Two suspects who were arrested in connection with a house robbery at the residence of a Limpopo mayor appeared at the Phalala Magistrate s Court on Thursday.
The suspects, Joao Antonio Lucas and Portia Kgama, were remanded in custody until their next appearance on Wednesday, April 21.
The police said Lucas was also facing similar house robbery charges in KZN, where he had also been denied bail in those matters. He is expected to appear in court on May 31 on those KZN-related house robbery cases.
Woman bust for robbery at mayor s house News24.com Lephalale Mayor Jack Maeko. Photo from Twitter.
Portia Kgama, 34, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the attack on Lephalale Mayor Jack Maeko s house in February.
The first suspect arrested for the attack, 38-year-old Mozambican national Joao Antonio Lucas, was denied bail and remained in custody.
Six people, including two women, arrived at Maeko s gate in three vehicles and asked the guard to see the mayor, according to Limpopo police pokesperson Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe.
They attacked the guard before he could respond and entered the yard. They then tied up family members and searched the house, before stealing a Toyota SUV, which was later found abandoned outside Lephalale.
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A second person has been arrested following a robbery at the house of the Waterberg District mayor in Limpopo in February.
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Six people robbed the house on Sunday, 14 February, said police spokesperson Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe. Four unknown armed men accompanied by two women - driving in three cars - stopped at the gate of the mayor s house and asked the security guard to see the mayor. But before he could respond, they attacked him, entered the house and also tied up everybody inside before they searched the house, Ngoepe said.
The security guard was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.