By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
Music mogul Sello Chicco Twala’s sons, Longwe and Sello Junior, are expected to appear at the Randburg Magistrate Court on Tuesday for housebreaking and theft.
This follows the statement from Twala on Monday that he opened a case against his two sons Longwe and Sello at the Douglasdale police station in the northwest of Johannesburg.
Police spokesperson Mavela Masondo says, “a case of theft has been oppened against two sons who allegedly stole several items from their father’s house.”
“The suspects, aged 34 and 39, are expected to appear before the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 03 September 2024, facing a charge of theft,” He said.
Chicco said: “I was in the USA, my son Longwe and his brother Sello Twala colluded and stole my equipment in the studio. Longwe, whom I chased away a while ago because of his drug addiction, jumped the high walls and broke into my studio and stole my stuff.”
He said he feared for his life because he has seen parents being killed by their own children. Chicco said that was one of the reasons he chased Longwe out of his house because he posed a danger to him.
“I saw the likes of the late Hope Zinde, and many parents killed by their own flesh and blood because of this drug addiction. Him and his younger brother have been stealing from me for a long time, hence I decided that enough was enough. Let them rot in jail,” said Chicco.
Longwe was linked to the murder of Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana star Senzo Meyiwa on the night of October 26, 2014.
Advocate Thulani Mngomezulu, the lawyer for accused number one, Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya, in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, told the court last week that Longwe shot and killed Meyiwa. This was during the cross-examination of state witness and ballistic expert Lt-Col Christian Mangena at the Pretoria High Court.
Meyiwa was the former Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates goalkeeper. He was shot and killed at the house of the mother of his then girlfriend singer Kelly Khumalo on October 26 2014. The house is in Vosloorus, on the East Rand.
Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya, Bongani Sandiso Ntanzi, Mncube, Mthokoziseni Maphisa and Sifisokuhle Nkani Ntuli – face charges of premeditated murder, attempted murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, possession of firearms without a licence and possession of ammunition.