By Lebone Rodah Mosima
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe and his cousin, Tobias Tamirepi Matonhodze, pleaded guilty to multiple charges in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court on Friday following a shooting incident at a Johannesburg residence.
Matonhodze, 33, pleaded guilty to five counts of attempted murder, as well as unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, defeating the ends of justice, and contravening the Immigration Act.
Mugabe, the 28-year-old son of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, pleaded guilty to pointing a firearm and two counts of contravening the Immigration Act.
Advocate Laurence Hodes, representing the accused, told the court the pleas were made in agreement with the State in terms of Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Act.
“Accused 1 will plead guilty on counts 6 and 8, and accused 2 on counts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8,” Hodes said.
Prosecutor Lufuno Maphiri said the charges stem from an incident on February
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