By REGINALD KANYANE
8 August 2025- Three accused, Samuel Mlambo (38) and Serame Moroke (29) who were arrested for murder by the Hartbeespoortdam Crime Prevention, remanded in custody until 19 August 2025 for bail application. Mlambo and Moroke were charged with murder that was allegedly committed in 2023.
The North West police spokesperson, Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone said this comes after the mutilated, partly burnt and badly decomposed corpse of a woman, Gontse Makhubela (20), who had been reported missing by her family, was recovered at a refuse dumping site in Elandskraal, Brits on 23 November 2023.
“Two suspects were arrested after a meticulous and unrelenting investigation by the District Serious and Violent Crimes Team on 6 August 2025. The police followed the leads after acting on credible information.
“Mlambo and Serame are positively linked to the barbaric and wicked murder after the police recovered the deceased’s cellular phone. Further investigation led the police to Winterveldt, Gauteng Province, where the third suspect was arrested after being found in possession of the deceased’s organs,” he said.
Mokgwabone further said investigation has since revealed that the victim was tricked and lured to death by Moroke, who was tasked by Mlambo to find a young woman fitting a particular profile to be murdered in order that Mlambo could have her organs for muthi. He added that investigation has also revealed that Mlambo is an illegal Mozambican witchdoctor, who claims to be a traditional healer and on his orders, the deceased was kidnapped before she was brutally murdered, dismembered and burnt.
“In addition to the murder, the first two accused were charged with kidnapping, violation and or defiling a corpse as well as Contravention of Section 49(1) of the Immigration Act against the Mozambican upon appearance before the Brits Magistrate’s Court.
“The third accused, who is also a traditional healer from Mozambique, is expected to appear in the Garankuwa Magistrate’s Court on 11 August 2025. Investigations into the matter continue and there are possibilities of more arrests,” said Mokgwabone.
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