Two men wanted in connection with a murder in Cape Town have been arrested while allegedly trying to flee to the Eastern Cape.
|||Cape Town - Two men wanted in connection with a murder in Milnerton have been arrested near Beaufort West while allegedly fleeing to the Eastern Cape.
Mkhulua Madolo, 27, and Mathemba Matshikiza, 32, are expected to appear in the Cape Town Regional Court on Monday for allegedly murdering Nyameko Sigidi, 24.
Police Captain Bernadine Steyn said Sigidi was murdered on Monday at about 10.30pm.
“An argument between the deceased and the two suspects occurred on the corner of Montague Drive and Chain Avenue in Milnerton. “During the argument, one of the suspects allegedly took out a firearm and shot the deceased,” she said.
Madolo and Matshikiza were arrested on Tuesday at about 5.30am on the R61 between Beaufort West and Aberdeen in a white Quantum minibus taxi.
A firearm and 40 rounds of ammunition were found in the vehicle’s engine compartment.
The men are also due to appear in the Beaufort West Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
The firearm will go for ballistic testing to determine whether it could be linked to other crimes, including the Milnerton murder.
Meanwhile, police have released the identikits of two men wanted for the attempted rape of a Maitland pupil last month.
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111.
In Delft, the Bellville Vehicle Identification and Safeguarding Section, National Intervention Unit and Cyber Crime Support Unit arrested two fraudsters on Thursday.
Police received information that two men were allegedly manufacturing fraudulent vehicle registration documents, licence discs and matric certificates.
A 23-year-old man from Zimbabwe and a 34-year-old South African woman were arrested at about 6am at a house in Ndjalaboom Road, Delft.
Computers, multi-function printers, memory sticks, DVDs, money and many illegal documents were found at the home.
The two are due to appear in the Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
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