This is to determine links between the gun and four suspects who allegedly killed two DA members and one Lesotho National, execution-style, in an informal settlement known as Dinaweng in the Free State. The gun was retrieved by police last week and sent for ballistic testing, following delays in the investigation due to lockdown.

OFM News understands that the four suspects including the mother of two which is Seipati Ramatisa are now out on free bail after the Director of Public Prosecutions decided to strike their matter off the roll while waiting for the ballistic results amongst other. Jabulani Machoto, who was previously identified as Ramatisa’s boyfriend, is the only alleged culprit remaining behind bars.

The suspects include Lebusa Makhotla, Koebu Motsapi, Seipati Ramatisa, Molefi Chele and Jabulani Machoto. Four of these suspects, excluding the 20-year-old mother of two, Ramatisa, were arrested for allegedly killing Molokwane Mokgoro and Godfrey Mbalula, and one Lesotho national.

Their bodies were found in an open field next to a construction site in Caleb Motshabi in late July last year. Mokgoro and the foreign national was declared dead on the scene, while Mbalula was rushed to the Pelonomi Hospital where he later died due to wounds sustained. It is alleged that the three deceased were killed after they allegedly stole equipment from a road construction project in the area. Ramatisa, who is the girlfriend of Machoto, was accused of tampering with material evidence with the hopes of destroying it in favour of her boyfriend.

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