Two more people have been arrested in connection with the murder of senior Gauteng health department finance official Babita Deokaran.
Earlier this week, six suspects appeared in the Johannesburg magistrate’s court in connection with the murder.
Originally seven men were arrested but only six — Phakamani Hadebe, Zita Hadebe, Nhlangano Ndlovu, Sanele Mbele, Siphiwe Mazibuko and Phakanyiswa Dladla National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane said the “seventh suspect could not be linked to evidence”. They were charged with murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and possession of unlicensed firearms.
Deokaran, 53, died in a hail of bullets last Monday in Winchester Hills, south of Johannesburg. She was a key witness in an investigation run from Gauteng premier David Makhura’s office into personal protective equipment tender corruption.Gauteng Hawks spokesperson Capt Ndivhuwo Mulamu said a woman who was in the car with Deokaran at the time of the attack was in a “safe place”.
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