{"id":45824,"date":"2025-12-24T20:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T20:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45824"},"modified":"2025-12-24T20:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T20:12:15","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndj-warras-murder-case-suspect-identified-and-charged-with-premeditated-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/24\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndj-warras-murder-case-suspect-identified-and-charged-with-premeditated-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Warras murder case: Suspect identified and charged with premeditated killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188057\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188057\" class=\"wp-image-188057 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Johannesburg-authorities-identify-person-of-interest-in-DJ-Warras-murder.jpg?resize=600%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Johannesburg-authorities-identify-person-of-interest-in-DJ-Warras-murder.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DJ-Warras-1-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DJ Warras<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>There has been a significant development in the murder case of popular DJ and media personality Warrick \u201cDJ Warras\u201d Stock, who was killed in the Johannesburg CBD earlier this month<\/p>\n<p>One of the two suspects linked to the case has now been formally charged with premeditated murder.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects appeared before the Johannesburg Magistrates\u2019 Court on Thursday, 24 December 2025, following their arrest earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>During proceedings, Victor Mthethwa Majola was charged with the murder of the late DJ, while charges against the second suspect were provisionally withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Majola will remain behind bars and is expected to return to court in January 2026, where he will apply for bail.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard that investigations are ongoing as authorities continue to piece together the events that led to DJ Warras\u2019 death.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmation of the suspect\u2019s identity quickly spread across social media, triggering strong reactions from members of the public.<\/p>\n<p>Many netizens flooded comment sections with their views, emotions and opinions about the accused and the tragic killing of the beloved entertainer.<\/p>\n<p>A post circulating online read: \u201cDJ WARRAS | One of the two accused in the murder of Warrick Stock will return to court on 06 January for a bail application. The accused will remain in police custody.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DJ WARRAS | One of the two accused in the murder of Warrick Stock will return to court on the 06 January for bail application. The accused will remain in police custody. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0er4EMT0bb\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/0er4EMT0bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SABC News (@SABCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SABCNews\/status\/2003779014456914072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Warras #murder #case #Suspect #identified #charged #premeditated #killing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; DJ Warras There has been a significant development in the murder case of popular DJ and media personality Warrick&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45825,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45824\/revisions\/45825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}