Police have made a breakthrough in arresting a suspect (40) linked to the murder of Lawrence Moepi who was killed in the parking lot of his auditing firm in Houghton on the 18 October 2013. A suspect who was arrested in Soweto on Saturday morning is due to appear at the Johannesburg Magistrate Court on Monday on charges of murder.
A breakthrough came following an investigation by the provincial investigation team who are also following several leads to arrest the second suspect. Moepi was allegedly followed into the parking lot of his then auditing firm, Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo, and fatally shot whilst he was getting out of his sedan. The suspects fled the scene in a VW sedan. An investigation is continuing to establish the motive for the killing. – South African Police Service