One of the men accused of killing senior Gauteng Health official and corruption whistle-blower Babita Deokaran has reportedly alleged that he was beaten and coerced by police into implicating former health minister Zweli Mkhize.
The accused, Phakamani Hadebe, Zita Hadebe, Nhlangano Ndlovu, Sanele Mbele, Siphiwe Mazibuko, and Phakanyiswa Dladla appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court yesterday, to apply for bail.
Deokaran – who was gunned down outside her Winchester Hills home, in Joburg on August 23 – was a key whistle-blower in an investigation into dodgy personal protective equipment contracts in Gauteng. Hadebe’s lawyer, Advocate Peter Wilkins explained how his interrogation lead to a “false confession” implicating Mkhize in the murder.
In his affidavit, Hadebe said after he was arrested he was taken to Turffontein Racecourse where he was put in a secluded place where blows and an assault followed as he was told about someone who was killed a few days prior in Mondeor.
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