🇿🇦✝️ Four suspects appeared in court today for the brutal farm attack on Donovan Marx

Phindile Alex Nomngcayi, 30, Thomas Thabo Motlhangtlhong, 27, Mothoka Godfrey Mathipa, 56, and Mokhema Jan Maishoane, 53, face charges of attempted murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, assault, as well as possession of guns and ammunition in what the State calls a “planned and premeditated offence”.

The first two men were arrested this past Saturday, three days after Marx, 50, was shot, stabbed and had both ears cut off at his Syferfontein farm near Ventersdorp in the North West.

Three others were arrested the following day in Promosa near Potchefstroom. During Sunday’s arrest, police seized four firearms linked to Marx’s attack, as well as clothing and jewellery.

Marx’s attackers tied up a farmworker with cable ties before waiting for the farmer to arrive, then dragged him into the house and ransacked the property, stealing three firearms from a safe and fleeing in his bakkie.

The fifth suspect is expected to turn state witness.

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📊🗳 As of 8am, with 20% of the vote counted, this is how it stands:

🟦 The DA is holding their historical lead in Western Cape and has overtaken the ANC in Gauteng (39% vs 18.6%). The DA is leading in the City of Johannesburg with a wide margin, but many black wards have not been counted yet.

🟨 The MK Party has overtaken the ANC and the IFP as the biggest party in KwaZulu-Natal.

🟩 The ANC might retake the lead in Gauteng as more votes come in.

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📊🗳 With just over 53% of voting districts counted, this is how it stands

🟩 In the 2021 local government election, the ANC obtained 45% of the vote. At the moment, they're looking at a loss of close to 15 percentage points.

We'll do a deep dive later.

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