Almost four months after the murder of Sbongile Ditsela in a staged house robbery, police have arrested her estranged husband for allegedly hiring hitmen to kill her.
A 34-year-old man from Ga-Mphahlele outside Polokwane in Limpopo accused of illegally selling school food parcels took his own life before he could reveal to police who he sold them to.
Murder accused Rameez Patel sat next to his lawyer instead of in the dock as he was “assisting” an expert witness to go through video footage during his trial in the Limpopo High Court in Polokwane yesterday.
The murder trial of Limpopo businessman Rameez Patel is expected to resume on Tuesday at the Limpopo high court in Polokwane after he allegedly murdered his wife and the mother of his children, Fatima, in October 2015.