The members of Westenburg Police Station have arrested two suspects for alleged murder following the discovery of a 47-year-old male victim who was fatally stabbed inside his red Ford Ranger vehicle along a gravel road in Ivydale on Tuesday, 13 January 2026.
The Vispol police members received a complaint of a stabbed victim at the Ivydale plot.
Upon arrival at the crime scene, they found a red Ford Ranger with a Limpopo registration number parked along the gravel road.
Furthermore, the victim was sitting in the driver’s seat with visible stab wounds to his upper body.
The emergency medical services were summoned, and the victim was declared dead at the scene.
The preliminary report suggests that the suspects called the victim to meet and discuss price quotations at the crime scene. It is not clear what transpired before the victim was fatally stabbed.
Members of the community allegedly caught one suspect, assaulted him, and later called the police.
The suspect sustained injuries from the mob attack, and he is in hospital receiving medical care under police guard. Meanwhile, the remaining suspect was arrested on Wednesday, 14 January 2026.
The police have opened a case of assault GBH against the community members and murder against the suspects.
The Acting Provincial Commissioner of Police, Major General Scheepers, has called upon community members to resist the temptation of taking the law into their own hands and allow the police to do their work without any interference.
The deceased was been able to be identified as Mr Philip Mabusha(foreign national), a Zimbabwean national.
The motive behind the incident is still unknown at this stage, but the police investigation is underway.
The suspects will appear before the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Friday, 16 January 2026, on murder charges.
Westenburg Police are pleading with community to assist them with information that might lead to arrest of those criminals.
Anyone with information that can assist the police should contact the investigating officer, Sergeant Kobane Mampane, on 079 321 1045 or 015 292 9446, or call the #CrimeStop number 08600 10111.
BY LUCKY SEANEGO
