Garden Route Corresponded
Two alleged assassins accused of taking out a known member of the Cape Town underworld, Mark Lifman, made a brief appearance in the George magistrates court on Wednesday.
Lifman was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Garden Route Mall on Sunday morning earlier this month.
The accused, 53-year-old Johan Jacobs and 37-year-old Gert Bezuidenhout were arrested near Uniondale in a VW Polo with a CY registration number.
During their first court appearance, there was a high police presence, and the accused asked to be held in solitary confinement until Wednesday's appearance.
Bezuidenhout and Jaobs are listed as protection service employees, and both have links to Professional Protection Alternatives (PPA), a security firm Lifman was once involved with.
The court ruled on Wednesday that the media will be allowed to take photographs during their next court appearance.
Lifman was buried last week during a private ceremony his family arranged.
Lifman, and alleged Sexy Boys gang leader Jerome 'Donkie' Booysen and their co-accused were meant to appear in the Cape Town High Court on Monday for the murder of Brian Wainstein, dubbed the international steroid kingpin, who was gunned down in his Constantia home on 18 August 2017.
Wainstein was shot in front of his partner and a two-year-old child.
The gunmen took three cell phones before they fled, leaving the wife and child unharmed.
Lifman was facing multiple serious charges, including murder, attempted murder, money laundering, and gang-related offences.
He, along with security company owner Andre Naude, Booysen, and several others, face a plethora of charges linked to alleged underworld battles for the control of nightclubs.
The matter was postponed until the 12th of December for the accused to apply for bail.
