Riot Hlatshwayo and Sakhile Mokoena
Riot Hlatshwayo and Sakhile Mokoena
An SANDF soldier allegedly hired to kill a witness was released on R2000 bail.
Captain Chawane, 42, was not asked to plead in the Mhala magistrates' court in Thulamahashe, Bushbuckridge, on Monday.
The soldier had returned from a peacekeeping mission in Burundi last Friday.
He was arrested at his home in Rolle on Sunday for the murder of Sam Hlungwani, a witness in an assault and public violence case. Hlungwani, 38, was murdered on the night of August 24 at his house.
Chawane was arrested previously but released because of a lack of evidence.
Hlungwani's wife identified Chawane at an identification parade.
Mopani police spokesman, Superintendent Moatshe Ngoepe, said yesterday: "We are custodians of cases and we always make sure that every case is successful.
"But we can't keep a person behind bars before following certain sensitive issues."
SANDF soldier on murder rap released on bail
Riot Hlatshwayo and Sakhile Mokoena
Riot Hlatshwayo and Sakhile Mokoena
An SANDF soldier allegedly hired to kill a witness was released on R2000 bail.
Captain Chawane, 42, was not asked to plead in the Mhala magistrates' court in Thulamahashe, Bushbuckridge, on Monday.
The soldier had returned from a peacekeeping mission in Burundi last Friday.
He was arrested at his home in Rolle on Sunday for the murder of Sam Hlungwani, a witness in an assault and public violence case. Hlungwani, 38, was murdered on the night of August 24 at his house.
Chawane was arrested previously but released because of a lack of evidence.
Hlungwani's wife identified Chawane at an identification parade.
Mopani police spokesman, Superintendent Moatshe Ngoepe, said yesterday: "We are custodians of cases and we always make sure that every case is successful.
"But we can't keep a person behind bars before following certain sensitive issues."