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Onthatile Sebati and her alleged accomplices, Tumelo Mokone and Kagiso Mokone, are accused of killing four members of her family in 2016. They’ve applied for bail in the Brits Magistrates Court. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

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Sebati family murder case back in court without original investigating officer

By Masechaba Sefularo

Onthatile Sebati reportedly confessed to ordering a hit on her parents, her pregnant sister, and young brother five years ago.

  • Onthatile Sebati (centre) and her two co-accused, Tumelo and Kagiso Mokone, appeared in the Brits Magistrates Court on 26 January 2022, where bail was set at R10,000 each for the trio. Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Mmakau murders: Relative indicates family may help accused with bail

    Onthatile Sebati and her two co-accused, Tumelo and Kagiso Mokone, were each granted R10,000 bail in the Brits Magistrates Court where they face four charges of murder for the shooting of Sebati’s parents, her pregnant sister and six-year-old brother in 2016.

    153 days ago
  • FILE: Onthatile Sebati, Tumelo and Kagiso Mokone appear in the Brits Magistrates Court for a formal bail application. They face five counts of murder after Sebati reportedly confessed to orchestrating the killing of her family.  Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/ EWN

    Relatives refuse to post bail for woman who allegedly ordered hit on family

    Onthatile Sebati and her co-accused, Tumelo and Kagiso Mokone, were granted R10,000 bail in the Brits Magistrates court this afternoon under strict conditions.

    153 days ago
  • Onthatile Sebati and her alleged accomplices, Tumelo Mokone and Kagiso Mokone, are accused of killing four members of her family in 2016. They’ve applied for bail in the Brits Magistrates Court. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Sebati family murder: Accused corroborated each others' stories, court told

    During the bail hearing, Officer Isaac Tlhapi told the Brits Magistrates Court that the two men that the accused named as the alleged triggermen gave statements that corroborated her confession.

    160 days ago
  • FILE: Onthatile Sebati, Tumelo and Kagiso Mokone appear in the Brits Magistrates Court for a formal bail application. They face five counts of murder after Sebati reportedly confessed to orchestrating the killing of her family.  Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/ EWN

    Bank statements prove Onthatile Sebati paid alleged hitmen R100,000

    Constable Lucky Sebati, his wife Mmatshepo, their pregnant daughter Tshegofatso and young son Quinton were shot dead in their Mmakau home near Brits in 2016.

    160 days ago
  • Brits Magistrates Court. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Mmakau family murder accused due back in court for bail proceedings

    Onthatile Sebati is accused of hiring Tumelo and Kagiso Mokone to kill her parents, her brother and her pregnant sister in Mmakau, near Brits, in 2016.

    162 days ago
  • Japhtaline Sebati (Onthatile Sebati’s aunt) outside courtroom c at the Brits Magistrate's Court where her niece and two co-accused applied for bail. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo.

    Mmakau family murder accused says she can only afford R1,000 bail

    Twenty-year-old Onthatile Sebati has been in police custody since last month and faces five counts of murder for allegedly ordering a hit on her parents, her young brother, and pregnant sister in Mmakau in 2016.

    166 days ago
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