{"id":32291,"date":"2025-07-29T16:04:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T14:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/?p=32291"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:04:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T14:04:50","slug":"molefe-and-co-accused-linked-to-murders-of-dj-vintos-don-tindleni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2025\/07\/29\/molefe-and-co-accused-linked-to-murders-of-dj-vintos-don-tindleni\/","title":{"rendered":"Molefe and co-accused linked to murders of DJ Vintos, Don Tindleni"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Controversial businessman, Katiso Molefe and his three co-accused, have now been formally linked to the murders of DJ Vintos and Don Tindleni.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The four briefly appeared in the Alexandra Magistrate\u2019s Court, where the matter was postponed to August 6 for a formal bail application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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DJ Vintos, whose real name was Hector Buthelezi, was gunned down outside a nightclub in Orlando East, Soweto, in March 2022<\/span>, <\/span><\/strong>eight months before the murder of popular DJ Sumbody.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to police, DJ Vintos was ambushed by suspects driving a BMW X5.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Don Tindleni was killed on the N1 highway near the N17 off-ramp, in what authorities believe is part of a broader pattern of targeted killings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Investigations have revealed that the same AK-47 used in the murders of DJ Vintos, Don Tindleni, and DJ Sumbody was also linked to the murder of whistleblower, Armand Swart.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Swart was gunned down in a hail of bullets in April 2024, in what police suspect was a case of mistaken identity. He was shot 23 times.<\/span><\/p>\n

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National Police spokesperson<\/span>, <\/span>Athlenda Mathe<\/span>, <\/span>says while there is still more work to be done, they are <\/span>happy<\/span> with the developments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mathe also confirmed that the four suspects have been linked to 10 other high-profile cases, all connected by the same firearm.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“It’s not only the firearms we are linking, there’s other evidence that we are taking into account when we are working on this particular case.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mathe cautioned against speculation, adding that the motive behind the killings will be revealed in court.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The matter will return to court on August 6 for formal bail application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Controversial businessman, Katiso Molefe and his three co-accused, have now been formally linked to the murders of DJ Vintos and Don Tindleni.   The four briefly appeared in the Alexandra Magistrate\u2019s Court, where the matter was postponed to August 6 for a formal bail application.   DJ Vintos, whose real ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":32295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/b560fda0-54f8-4f30-a995-17e24696290b.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32291"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32306,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32291\/revisions\/32306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}