{"id":295849,"date":"2026-02-11T08:51:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/?p=295849"},"modified":"2026-02-11T10:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:47:55","slug":"two-men-in-court-for-fatal-jeffreys-bay-grocery-store-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/two-men-in-court-for-fatal-jeffreys-bay-grocery-store-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"Two men in court for fatal Jeffreys Bay grocery store robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>JEFFREYS BAY<\/strong> \u2013 Two men are expected to appear before the Humansdorp Magistrates&#8217; Court today, 11 February<strong>,<\/strong> after<strong> <\/strong>they were positively linked to the murder and business robbery at a Jeffreys Bay grocery store on 1 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/jeffreys-bay-store-manager-murdered-during-armed-robbery\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/jeffreys-bay-store-manager-murdered-during-armed-robbery\/\">As previously reported<\/a><strong>,<\/strong> two armed gunmen stormed a grocery store on Jacob Zuma Street in Tokyo Sexwale, Jeffreys Bay, at approximately 09:20 on 1 February, and held the security guard at gunpoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The manager of the store, Sinethemba Promise Katoo (31), was shot and the suspects made off with an undisclosed amount of cash and cell phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eight days after the incident, police spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli said that on the evening of 9 February, acting on intelligence, a task team from the Provincial Serious and Violent Crimes Unit intercepted a white Toyota Quantum taxi travelling on the N2 between Gqeberha and Makhanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that the vehicle was successfully pulled over near Nanaga at approximately 21:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nkohli said that the two men, aged 23 and<strong> <\/strong>26<strong>,<\/strong> were occupants in the taxi and were positively linked to the robbery at a grocery store in Jeffreys Bay on 1 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;One of the suspects was found in possession of an unlicensed 9mm pistol. 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