SAMWU murders: Radzuma brothers’ trial continues
The Radzuma brothers are accused of the murder for two slain Samwu officials, Timpson Musetsho (50) and Roni Mani (50) in separate incidents in 2019 after they were vocal against the VBS saga.
LIMPOPO – During testimony delivered in the case of the murder-accused Radzuma brothers, the Limpopo High Court in Thohoyandou last week heard how Zwothe Nemulodi went missing and his body located at a state mortuary days after discussing a business deal with one of the brothers.
Tshifhiwa Given Nemulodi of Hamphego village outside Thohoyandou testified that his younger brother visited him in Gauteng on October 28, 2020 and informed him that Percy Radzuma had asked him to return home to discuss a business deal.
“On November 1, 2020 Zwothe told me that Percy had deposited R400 for him to take a taxi to Venda. Accompanying him to the taxi, little did I know it would be the last time I would see my brother.”
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According to Nemulodi, his younger brother kept him informed about the details of the meeting that was to take place between him and Percy. “We were communicating all the way on his travels back to Venda. But at 19:00 on the day he was supposed to have met with Percy, my mother informed me that he had not arrived home.”
Nemulodi testified that he eventually travelled to Venda on November 11 in an effort to help his family find his brother. “We eventually located Zwothe’s body in the Tshilidzini Hospital mortuary, and we suspect that the Radzuma brothers knew something about his death.”
Nemulodi stated that it is his belief that his brother had been killed before he could tell the police about the details of the crime.
Meanwhile, the general secretary of SACP, Solly Mapaila and others who also attended the trial, said they were there to support the family of Timson Musetsho and Ronald Mani. The two had been fighting corruption in the Vhembe District Municipality at the time of their death.
Mapaila said he was happy that the trial had gotten underway, but he would like to see the accused tell the court “who had hired them to kill our beloved comrades”.
The trial will resume in the same court on November 20.
