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11 in court for casino robbery

Nkosana ka Makaula
August 1, 2006

Nelspruit - Eleven of 14 men charged with a daring casino robbery briefly appeared in the Nelspruit regional court on Tuesday.

They are charged with holding up Emnotweni Casino in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, on December 12 last year.

More than a dozen gangsters entered the casino and held up staff and gamblers.

An undisclosed amount of money was stolen from the cash desk and patrons.

Patrons were also robbed of jewellery and cellphones.

On Tuesday, the eleven were told their trial has been set for September 20.

On June 26, all 14 pleaded not guilty in Nelspruit magistrate's court to robbery with aggravating circumstances and the case was referred to the regional court for a trial date to be set.

Bail of R4 000 was set and six of them paid. The remaining eight have been unable to raise bail yet.

Awaiting trial on other charges

The six who have paid bail are: Clifford Malope, 33, of Ekangala, Themba Basil Dube , 34, of Johannesburg, Solomon Fakude, 34, of Khumbula outside White River, Peterson Madisakwane, 43, of Naas outside Komatipoort, Robbie de Beer of West Acres in Nelspruit and Eugene Morgan, 27, of Marloth Place, also in Nelspruit.

The eight other men haven't been able to pay bail yet.

They include Bafana Levert Ndou, 29, and Thulani Ndlovu, 26, of Johannesburg, who were not in court on Tuesday, because they are at C-Max in Pretoria awaiting trial on other charges.

The other six are Johannesburg residents Clifford Dlamini, 25, who has since died, Job Mathe, 46, Andrew Thobolo, 56, Benjamin Tshuma, 30, as well as Jacob Ndengezi, 27 of Ekurhuleni and Admire Moyo of Zimbabwe.