Tsontso’s Murder: 3 Arrests, Her R11 000 Smartwatch Sold for R900 and The Story of Vusimuzi Radebe
Stolen Fitness Watch Traces Lead Directly to Shocking Multi-Province Murder Probe and Brutal Vigilante Execution
A chilling trail of stolen electronics exposed a dark web of criminality after the Garmin Venu 4 fitness watch belonging to the late Elizabeth Zungu Motsila vanished less than twenty-four hours after she went missing.
Law enforcement officials confirmed that Elizabeth Zungu Motsila always wore her health and fitness smartwatch during her runs, making the device a crucial digital footprint in the unfolding tragedy.
National Prosecuting Authority records revealed that within twenty-4 hours of Elizabeth Zungu Motsila disappearing, the Garmin smartwatch was sold to a shop owner named Kenneth Chibuzu by an unknown man for nine hundred rand.
According to the state, Kenneth Chibuzu failed to record the seller’s identity details as required by law.
On that exact same day, Kenneth Chibuzu allegedly sold the smartwatch to another man named Stephen Sukun for an undisclosed sum of money.
By 11:43 that morning, all personal information and settings belonging to Elizabeth Zungu Motsila had been erased from the device.
Stephen Sukun allegedly registered the fitness watch using his personal Gmail account.
Later that day, Stephen Sukun allegedly sent photographs of the smartwatch via WhatsApp to Daniel Anthony Mo, offering to sell the device for four thousand rand.
Daniel Anthony Mo purchased the watch and subsequently advertised the item on social media before selling it to another individual for four thousand rand.
On Saturday, September 12, 2026, exactly three days after her disappearance, the lifeless body of Elizabeth Zungu Motsila was discovered in the bushes behind a hotel on York Street in Roodekop in Kempton Park.
The grim discovery occurred not far from the Kempton Park shop where an unidentified man had previously sold her smartwatch.
Family members officially identified her body at the Germiston Mortuary on Monday, September 14, 2026.
Police investigations subsequently revealed that bodies of nine women killed in a similar manner had been discovered in the same Kempton Park area, alongside an additional victim found in Soweto.
In response to the mounting public terror, police leadership appointed high-ranking officials including Lieutenant General Senue, Crime Intelligence head General Kumalo, and General Khonazi to head a multi-disciplinary investigative team.
Police commissioner statements confirmed the implementation of area lockdowns, increased police deployments, and heightened roadblocks across Daveyton, Gauteng, Nigel, and Kempton Park to restore public safety.
While authorities scrambled to track down suspects linked to the Kempton Park murders, parallel violence erupted in another province involving a young man named Vusumuzi.
Vusumuzi had lived in Kempton Park for over thirty years before his family, consisting of his mother Perfidia and father Sipho, decided to retire and relocate back to Mpumalanga in August 2026, settling in Lynville, formerly known as W-Bank.
On Saturday, September 19, 2026, Vusumuzi visited his grandmother in KwaGuqa and began walking back to his family home in Lynville.
Along the way, a group of local residents stopped Vusumuzi, demanding to know his identity, his residence, and where he had come from.
Vusumuzi explained that he had recently moved to Mpumalanga from Kempton Park.
Family members stated that mentioning Kempton Park triggered immediate hostility from the crowd, who were deeply terrified by local news regarding the murdered women, including Elizabeth Zungu Motsila, and feared a serial killer was operating in the region.
Without any verified evidence connecting him to the crimes, residents suspected Vusumuzi of involvement in the killings and launched a brutal physical assault against him.
A viral social media video captured Vusumuzi lying on the ground while a woman’s voice made unverified allegations that he had been following young girls.
Emergency medical personnel and police arrived at the scene, but Vusumuzi was already declared dead from severe injuries sustained during the mob attack.
Police confirmed on September 22, 2026, that a murder investigation had been opened and three men had been arrested in connection with the killing of Vusumuzi.
Meanwhile, law enforcement arrested Kenneth Chibuzu, Stephen Sukun, and Daniel Anthony Mo over the weekend of October 10 and October 11, 2026, in connection with possession of the stolen smartwatch.
The three suspects appeared before the Kempton Park Magistrates Court on Monday, October 12, 2026.
Stephen Sukun and Daniel Anthony Mo were each granted ten thousand rand bail, while Kenneth Chibuzu remained in police custody pending a formal bail application scheduled for Monday, October 19, 2026, to verify his legal status in the country.
Authorities emphasized that none of the three men have been charged with the murder of Elizabeth Zungu Motsila, and the investigation into her death remains fully active as police search for the individual who originally brought her watch to the shop.
Copyright: True Crime Julia
