Six of the 12 SA National Defence Force's Special Forces members accused of killing Hawks investigator Lieutenant-Colonel Frans Mathipa in 2023 could be returning to jail after failing in their challenge of the revocation of their R10,000 bail granted last year.
Six members of the SA National Defence Force’s (SANDF’s) Special Forces, accused of murdering Hawks investigator Lieutenant-Colonel Frans Mathipa, are set to return to prison after losing their appeal of the ruling revoking their bail.
The half-dozen soldiers – Tumelo Mogaditswe, Kgosietsile Letsatsi, Samkelo Ngwenya, Boitumelo Nteleza, Kgamane Matlou, and Sunnybooi Wambi – were arrested over a year ago and face charges of murder, kidnapping, conspiracy to commit murder, and defeating the ends of justice.
The charges relate to the August 2023 murder of Mathipa, who was attached to the Hawks' Crimes against the State unit in Gauteng.
At the time, Mathipa was investigating the December 2022 kidnapping of alleged terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria member Abdella Abadiga and his bodyguard Kadir Abotese, who are both Ethiopian nationals.
