One of the three men arrested in a robbery near Thohoyandou is a member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
Limpopo police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said the three men appeared briefly before the Dzanani Magistrate's Court outside Thohoyandou on Thursday. Their case was postponed until May 17 with no bail‚ for further police investigations.
They were identified as Jacob Marakalala‚ 35‚ from Hammanskraal‚ a member of the SANDF attached to the Pretoria head office in the VIP section; Lucas Mudau‚ aged 42‚ from Hammanskraal; and Rendani Edzani‚ aged 42‚ from Matanda outside Thohoyandou.
Ngoepe said the arrests followed an attack on a local hardware store on Wednesday‚ where the three men allegedly robbed employees of their cellphones and fled the scene in a VW Jetta.