FIFTH COURT MURDER SUSPECT IN HOF

THE fifth suspect in the Wynberg Court killing, Vuyisani Sergio Zengethwa appeared in the dock on Friday

Zengethwa joined co-accused Shireen Matthews, Abubaker Adams, Brian Booysen and Wanay Farsi on the charge sheet. 

Cops arrested Zengethwa last Wednesday and said he was “key” to the plot to kill Dingalomoya Chintso in a brazen shooting on 8 April, when the 50-year-old murder-accused was gunned in cold blood on the fourth floor of the building that houses the Wynberg Court. 

Mense scattered in panic, as an eyewitness reported that a lone gunman wearing a maroon T-shirt and a black beanie approached Chintso and took a firearm out of his sling bag and fired four shots at his head.  

Zengethwa as been charged with Count 1: aiding and abetting in criminal gang activity,

Count 2: Inciting, instigating, encouraging or procuring another person to commit, bring about, perform or participate in a pattern of gang activity 

Count 3: Murder (unlawful and intentionally killing Dingalomoya Chintso)

Count 4: unlawful possession of firearms 

Count 5: unlawful possession of ammunition 

Count 6: unlawful supplying of firearms 

Count 7: unlawful suppling of ammunition 

Count 8: unlawful possession of firearms with intent to commit an offence 

The case has been postponed until 29 May 2025 for bail application. The State will oppose the Schedule 6 bail application of all the accused. 

According to the National Prosecution Authority (NPA), attorney Kevin van Vught came on the record for accused two to five. 

Shireen Matthews, the alleged mastermind of the murder, has her own counsel. 

According to the NPA, proceedings were delayed on Friday after Adams, an alleged Junky Funky Kidz member, was injured. 

The NPA said in a statement: The case got a bit delayed after Abubaker Adams was reported to have slipped and fell. He was reported to be dazed and confused. 

“He was excused from the proceedings and his lawyer indicated that he was to be fetched by an ambulance to be admitted into the hospital section of Pollsmoor Prison.”