,OVM3701 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS)
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Case study
Khomotso Tladi was charged for complicity in the murder of her
husband, Andrew Tladi, a senior Limpopo health department
official. He was shot several times and his body dumped
hundreds of kilometres away from his home. His total estate
amounted to nearly R4 million (News 24, 2005). Mpumalanga
police spokesperson, Captain Malcolm Mokomene, confirmed
that four other people were arrested in connection with Tladi’s
death. Two of them, Gilbert Makhobela, 43, and Samson
Mogalaka, 32, are the alleged killers, while the other two, Eva
Sithole, 43, and Gustav Snyman, 19, are part of the team called
the “brains behind the plan to kill Tladi” on 3 December 2004.
According to the statement, Tladi’s wife simply wanted the
killers to “scare” her husband in order to convince him that
Polokwane is a dangerous place. This was after he allegedly
asked her to relocate with him to Polokwane, where he has been
working for four months as a senior manager in Limpopo’s
Health and Social Development Department (News
24,2005)..The widow of the slain Limpopo pharmacist has
denied ordering three hitmen to kill her husband. She says she
only wanted them to scare him. Tladi was shot and wounded and
then driven in the boot of his Mercedes-Benz to Marble Hall,
where he was “finished off”, allegedly by Mogalaka. Tladi’s
, widow told the court through hercounsel, Johan van Wyk, that
she would state in her evidence that she did not ask the men to
kill her husband “but to scare him” so that he would return to
their Pretoria home (News 24, 2005).Van Wyk said his client
refused to pay the hitmen R150 000 each for their part in the
murder but offered them R3 000 plus R500. This was refuted by
Snyman, who said that the payment had been discussed at one of
several meetings at Mogakala’s house. He said the widow told
them “she wants us to kill her husband”. Van Wyk, who is also
representing Sithole, a family friend, said his client would say in
her evidence that she received a telephone call from Mogalaka
to say that Tladi was wounded. She told Mogalaka to leave Tladi
and not to harm him any further. Asked if he knew of such a
telephone conversation, Snyman said he did not (Sowetan LIVE,
2006). He told the court how he fled from Tladi’s house on the
night of the murder because he was scared of what was going to
happen. Snyman said he made a call to Makhobela, who was
waiting in a getaway car some distance from Tladi’s house. He
said Mogalaka, who had entered the victim’s house, came back
later asking them for Their help (Sowetan LIVE, 2006).
Question 1
1.1 Discuss the modus operandi used in the above case study.
Identify the trademarks that form part of the criminals’ modus
operandi in the planning
phase, while committing the crime, and after committing the
crime using the above
case study. (20)
Semester 1 2025 - DUE April 2025; 100% TRUSTED
Complete, trusted solutions and explanations..WE WISH
YOU ALL THE BEST
ALL QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Case study
Khomotso Tladi was charged for complicity in the murder of her
husband, Andrew Tladi, a senior Limpopo health department
official. He was shot several times and his body dumped
hundreds of kilometres away from his home. His total estate
amounted to nearly R4 million (News 24, 2005). Mpumalanga
police spokesperson, Captain Malcolm Mokomene, confirmed
that four other people were arrested in connection with Tladi’s
death. Two of them, Gilbert Makhobela, 43, and Samson
Mogalaka, 32, are the alleged killers, while the other two, Eva
Sithole, 43, and Gustav Snyman, 19, are part of the team called
the “brains behind the plan to kill Tladi” on 3 December 2004.
According to the statement, Tladi’s wife simply wanted the
killers to “scare” her husband in order to convince him that
Polokwane is a dangerous place. This was after he allegedly
asked her to relocate with him to Polokwane, where he has been
working for four months as a senior manager in Limpopo’s
Health and Social Development Department (News
24,2005)..The widow of the slain Limpopo pharmacist has
denied ordering three hitmen to kill her husband. She says she
only wanted them to scare him. Tladi was shot and wounded and
then driven in the boot of his Mercedes-Benz to Marble Hall,
where he was “finished off”, allegedly by Mogalaka. Tladi’s
, widow told the court through hercounsel, Johan van Wyk, that
she would state in her evidence that she did not ask the men to
kill her husband “but to scare him” so that he would return to
their Pretoria home (News 24, 2005).Van Wyk said his client
refused to pay the hitmen R150 000 each for their part in the
murder but offered them R3 000 plus R500. This was refuted by
Snyman, who said that the payment had been discussed at one of
several meetings at Mogakala’s house. He said the widow told
them “she wants us to kill her husband”. Van Wyk, who is also
representing Sithole, a family friend, said his client would say in
her evidence that she received a telephone call from Mogalaka
to say that Tladi was wounded. She told Mogalaka to leave Tladi
and not to harm him any further. Asked if he knew of such a
telephone conversation, Snyman said he did not (Sowetan LIVE,
2006). He told the court how he fled from Tladi’s house on the
night of the murder because he was scared of what was going to
happen. Snyman said he made a call to Makhobela, who was
waiting in a getaway car some distance from Tladi’s house. He
said Mogalaka, who had entered the victim’s house, came back
later asking them for Their help (Sowetan LIVE, 2006).
Question 1
1.1 Discuss the modus operandi used in the above case study.
Identify the trademarks that form part of the criminals’ modus
operandi in the planning
phase, while committing the crime, and after committing the
crime using the above
case study. (20)
