A Namibian man named by former spy boss Arthur Fraser in a shocking Fara Fara affidavit was arrested on Friday when he sped away from a barricade in Cape Town in 2020, carrying 12 illegal guns in his car. He admitted that he had thrown away two magazines.
At the time of Urbanus Shambwako's arrest on October 18, 2020, it appeared to be another breakthrough in the Western Cape's focus on removing illegal guns from circulation.
However, when Mr Fraser withdrew the Phala Phala affidavit, he did so at President Cyril Ramaphosa's hunting ranch in Limpopo during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shambwako was named as one of the persons allegedly involved in the brazen theft of $580,000 hidden in a sofa.
Mr Ramaphosa eventually said the money was money from the unexpected sale of a buffalo while he was out and that he had hidden it there for his staff to keep while security chief Wally Lord dealt with the situation. Told.
But the incident quickly turned into a political nightmare for Ramaphosa. Questions arose about whether Mr Ramaphosa had declared his income and whether the theft investigation was covered up by police, even though it was known that it involved travel to Namibia. There is a discreet discussion going on there.
Mr Shambwako's lawyer told the court in an earlier appearance that the Hawks had visited his client in prison without a lawyer present and tried to get him to examine Mr Fraser's affidavit to point out inaccuracies. Ta.
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