Sandton businessman arrested for DJ Sumbody hit
It is understood that businessman Katiso 'KT' Molefe was arrested at his Sandton home on Monday.
Molefe and alleged hitmen Michael Pule Tau, Musa Kekana and Tlego Floyd Mabusela are before court and awaiting trial for the hit-style killing of Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart in April last year.
At the time of his arrest, Molefe was out on bail.
Kekana and Mabusela also face charges of attempted murder relating to a failed hit on actress and socialite Tebogo Thobejane, an attack allegedly set in motion by her former lover, tender don Vusimusi 'Cat' Matlala.
Sefoka was killed in Woodmead in November 2022.
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