Pretoria Couple Arrested After Husband Who Was Declared Dead Got Caught in Stolen Car, SA Shocked

Pretoria Couple Arrested After Husband Who Was Declared Dead Got Caught in Stolen Car, SA Shocked

  • The police arrested a couple from Pretoria after the husband, who was believed to be dead, was caught driving a stolen car
  • The couple is also suspected of murdering the wife's ex-boyfriend and burying him in the husband's place
  • The police plan on exhuming the body to determine the real identity of the dead person that was buried

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A Pretoria couple was arrested after husband who was declared dead
A married couple Lerato and Sibusiso Mahlangu were arrested. Image: @VehicleTrackerz
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PRETORIA - A couple was arrested by the police after the husband, who was declared dead last year, was nabbed in a stolen car.

The Tshwane police are trying to find the identity of the person buried in the husband's place.

Tshwane married couple charged with murder

Lerato and Sibusiso Mahlangu are facing charges of murder, fraud, and defeating the ends of justice.

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Sibusiso was believed to have died in a house fire last year but reports claim the burnt body is of Lerato's ex-boyfriend and father of her daughter Sibusiso Sithebe.

According to New24, the police have applied to have the body exhumed, and the identity of the charred body has not been confirmed.

Mzansi discuss the similarity in this case and Thabo Bester's escape

@Collen_KM said:

"No wonder our ancestors are not answering us, they are probably alive somewhere."

@Hautsommet3 mentioned:

"I ain’t gonna believe any more news about someone passing away, I need to physically see the body and touch it to make sure from now on."

@MakiMarish posted:

"Thabo Bester has multiplied."

@OscarMagud tweeted:

"South Africa is a Netflix movie!"

@JeanyMotlokoa wrote:

"It was for insurance purposes I assume."

@GodPenuel added:

"We're living binnekant, phakathi inside, within a Hollywood movie!"

@JustStar_ asked:

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In another article, Briefly News reported that one guy had Mzansi peeps laughing. People were chuckling as they watched the guy act like a typical South African cop.

Online users were in tears over the video that got 40 000 likes. People in the comments could not help but makes jokes, and they noticed other details in the video.

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Hilary Sekgota (Deputy Human Interest HOD) Hilary Sekgota is the Head of Desk for Evening and Weekend content at Briefly News. She completed a BA in Communication Science from Unisa in 2018 and a Diploma in Journalism from Varsity College in 2010. She also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. Hilary joined the Briefly News team in 2022 and started her journalism career at Tshwane Sun. She has 12 years of experience covering current affairs and human interest topics. Email: hilary.sekgota@briefly.co.za