BLOEMFONTEIN – Itumeleng Claudete Tlhapuletsa (42) was shot and killed during the evening of Monday, 9 May 2022. The motive of her brutal killing would be revealed by thorough police investigation at a later stage. A week later, on 16 May 2022, the police arrested two suspects impersonating the crime intelligence officer in the vicinity of the scene of Itumeleng’s murder in Thabe Street, Rocklands. Thapelo @Skariota Hendicks and Khotso Vincent Motaung were found in possession of .38 Special Rossi with one (1) live round of ammunition.
Skariota’s cellphone was then subjected to further investigation as the examiner of electronic devices at Free State Cybercrime Unit conducted analysis on the data. The meticulous investigation revealed the possible motive behind the death of Itumeleng: a dispute over farmland. Mpho Isaac Moloi was connected through cellphone data analysis to conspiracy to commit murder, and murder; the cellphone he used while in prison in Bloemfontein and Brandfort.
The two other accused were shot dead; Khotso Vincent Motaung on 15 March 2024 while in Bloemspruit area, and Thapelo Hendricks @Skariota on 30 June 2024 while in Kopanong area.
On 17 June 2026, the High Court, Free State Division in Bloemfontein found Mpho Isaac Moloi (40) guilty of contravening the provisions of Section 18(2)(a) of Riotous Assemblies Act, 17 of 1956: Conspiracy to commit murder; and Murder, read with the provisions of Section 51(1) part 1 (a) and (d) of schedule 2 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 105 of 1997, as amended.
On 11 September 2026, Mpho Isaac Moloi was sentenced as follows;
- Fifteen (15) years imprisonment for conspiracy to commit murder, and
- Life imprisonment for murder.
The sentence on count 1 shall run concurrently with the sentence on count 2. The accused is declared unfit to possess a firearm.
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Voetsek! – Go away! [foot-sak] Usually said with an angry tone when telling someone to go away or get lost. You don’t want to be saying this to a local or worse, if a local says this to you – you’ve really angered them!
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A baby was born in South Africa. The village was very poor, and the makeshift hospital didn\’t have some necessary equipment.. such as scales.
The father however, was desperate to know the newborn baby\’s weight. After quite a bit of asking around, the hospital\’s chairman came up with an idea.
\”Five miles west, there\’s a butcher shop. The owner deals with meat, he should have a rather precise scale. You could just put your baby on the meat scale, and the weight reading you\’ll get should be pretty accurate.\”
And so the father departed westward. After much walking, with his newborn child cardled safely in his arms, he finally arrived at the butcher shop. He explained his dilemma to the shop owner, to witch the latter replied:
\”Don\’t worry, friend. It\’s not even a problem, I\’ll check it for you, free of charge.\” And so he took the child to the back, where the scale was located.
The father heard rumbling noises, and some scraping.. About a minute later the butcher came back.
\”About three pounds boneless\” He said.