Five suspects appeared in the Orlando magistrate’s court on Monday in connection with the massacre at Mdlalose's tavern in Soweto in which 16 people were shot dead in July.
A high-ranking member of Terene ea Khosi Mokata, a Lesotho Famo music gang involved in illegal mining, is among four suspects arrested by Gauteng police in connection with the Soweto tavern massacre in which 16 people were shot dead.
Police Minister Bheki Cele says although the motive behind the deadly tavern shooting in Soweto is not yet known, police believe it was an act of pure criminality.
A gang of men armed with rifles and 9mm pistols entered an Orlanda East tavern during the early hours of Sunday and allegedly opened fire on unsuspecting patrons.