PRIVATE (IN)SECURITY: Admissions from Nkohla’s killer echo suspicions around alleged 28s gang boss Stanfield
Zukisa Tshabile has been jailed for killing activist Loyiso Nkohla in Cape Town in 2023. His plea agreement reveals how security and Prasa issues led up to the murder. A detail in that plea was previously flagged concerning alleged 28s gang boss Ralph Stanfield and his criminally co-accused wife, Nicole Johnson.
Zukisa Tshabile, the gunman who killed activist Loyiso Nkohla in 2023, has been jailed for 149 years for the murder. Tshabile admitted to being paid R20,000 to carry out the shooting during a community meeting near Philippi train station, where Nkohla was fatally shot along with three others. Tshabile's plea agreement reveals that the murder was connected to issues surrounding the relocation of residents living illegally on train tracks in Cape Town's Philippi, involving Prasa and security personnel.
The plea agreement also highlights the involvement of alleged 28s gang boss Ralph Stanfield and his wife, Nicole Johnson, in connection with the murder case. Tshabile's plea mentioned how Nkohla was approached to act as a "social facilitator" between Prasa and Philippi residents facing eviction, leading to his partnership with security company Limise Protection Services. However, the partnership faced difficulties due to the non-payment of security workers.
The AmaBhungane exposé further revealed that Prasa's security chief, Alexio Papadopulo, allegedly gave gang boss Ralph Stanfield and his wife Nicole Johnson access to contracts awarded to a KwaZulu-Natal-based security company, Mzansi SecuriFire. Both the Stanfield-Johnson saga and the Nkohla murder case involved security work connected to Prasa and the relocation of residents living on train tracks.
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