South Africa: Crime and Courts - Woman Nabbed As DJ Warras Murder Probe Heats Up

What the report says

Police in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested a 40-year-old woman they believe helped trace media personality Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock before he was shot dead in Johannesburg in December 2025, according to Scrolla as republished by AllAfrica. Officers say she was found at a homestead in Msinga and is being transferred to Gauteng for further investigation. Police have described her as the third suspect linked to the killing, alongside a self-confessed gunman already sentenced and another accused person said to have organised the attack.

The report places the arrest amid a busy court schedule in South Africa. Former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is expected back in the Pretoria High Court as her corruption and money-laundering case continues over disputed WhatsApp messages with former contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu. The state is examining whether some words in those messages were coded references to money, while Mapisa-Nqakula denies that interpretation and rejects the charges.

Also due to continue are proceedings involving Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, where the court is hearing a trial within a trial over whether evidence can be used in an attempted murder case. In Polokwane, musician Lehlogonolo “Shebe Maburna” Chauke is expected back for pre-trial proceedings on charges including attempted murder, theft and malicious damage to property. The roundup also notes a bail decision in the scholar transport crash case that killed 14 pupils, underscoring the wider public attention on major criminal and corruption matters currently moving through the courts.