Justice, Denied: Gerrie Nel stands ready to prosecute suspected killers of former Rwandan spy chief Patrick Karegeya

A Randburg magistrate has ordered the National Prosecuting Authority to make up its mind whether or not it intends prosecuting the four Rwandan nationals suspected of murdering Rwanda’s former intelligence chief Colonel Patrick Karegeya in Sandton in 2013.

However, the NPA has now been put under pressure by Randburg Magistrate Mashiane Mathopa to take action regardless of the awkward political circumstances of the case. He told members of Karegeya’s family and lawyers in an informal inquest on Thursday that there was a prima facie case against the four suspects, whose names and identity numbers have been known to the SA police for five years.

The chief investigating officer in the case Lieutenant-Colonel Kwena Motlhamme gave written testimony to the court that the police investigation of Karegeya’s death had revealed that the suspects had left South Africa immediately after the crime. The suspected involvement of the Rwanda government is believed to be the reason that this case was effectively shelved for five years. A formal inquest into Karegeya’s death was eventually due to start in the same Randburg magistrate’s court in January.

Thursday’s informal inquest was called so that Mathopa could inform the family members and the lawyers what the response from the police and NPA had been and to announce his decision that the NPA must decide if it intended prosecuting the suspects.Should the NPA, Hawks and SAPS fail to prosecute the suspects in this case, it would mean that South Africa has become a haven for assassins” Nel said.

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