Two in court after murder of Vilikazi Street restaurant manager Khwezi Hudson

Two suspects appeared in the Orlando Magistrate's Court‚ Soweto‚ on Wednesday in connection with the murder of Khwezi Hudson‚ the manager of a Vilikazi Street restaurant. The case was postponed to March 1.

Hudson was killed last month in a robbery attempt at Sakhumzi restaurant while staff cashed up. Two suspects were arrested last week‚ one in KwaZulu-Natal and another in Soweto.

Gauteng MEC for Community Safety‚ Sizakele Nkosi Malobane attended proceedings.

She called for the maximum penalty if the suspects were guilty. "It's murder‚ and an armed business robbery‚" she said.

Responding to accusations of a lack of security in the internationally recognised tourism street‚ the MEC said that there were sufficient safeguards in the area.

“We have a CCTV system and that is why we were successful in the arrest of the suspects. Our sector police vehicle is there every 15 minutes to beef up security”.