PRETORIA - Triple-murder suspect, fugitive Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, will be extradited to the United Kingdom in the coming days.
The British national, originally from Zimbabwe, was arrested by SAPS and Interpol on Friday after fleeing the UK last week. He is accused of murdering his wife, Zandile, and their two daughters.
Tshuma is due in the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi confirmed that she would be signing the documents to send Tshuma on his way.
“I firstly wish to commend our SAPS and Interpol for the sterling work that they have done this week in the arrest of Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, a fugitive wanted for the murder of his wife and two children in the UK.
“According to our movement control systems, he arrived at OR Tambo International Airport on 5 July from Britain.
“Once we received the alert from Interpol, we acted swiftly with a multidisciplinary team conducting tracing and the suspect was arrested in Kensington, Johannesburg.
“At the time he went through OR Tambo, he had not yet been flagged by British authorities. So if he had been flagged, he would not have entered the country.
“He will be extradited to the UK once I have signed all the extradition documents and requests as required by the law in my capacity as Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development. We are informed that the teams are working quite hard and around the clock so that the extradition requests are done and the paperwork is done in time."