{"id":42798,"date":"2026-08-17T07:58:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T05:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=42798"},"modified":"2026-08-17T07:58:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T05:58:05","slug":"sas-dj-warras-murder-case-returns-to-gauteng-province-high-court","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-dj-warras-murder-case-returns-to-gauteng-province-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s DJ Warras murder case returns to Gauteng Province High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The case against a suspect in the murder of media personality Warrick &#8220;DJ Warras&#8221; Stock is expected to return to the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, South Africa (SA) today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The matter was previously postponed for the finalisation of the docket.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Stock was shot dead in December last year in Johannesburg&#8217;s city centre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The alleged mastermind, Victor Majola, and Armindo Pacula are charged with the premeditated murder of Stock and conspiracy to commit murder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Pacula, a 25-year-old Mozambican national, was sentenced to 25 years in prison by the Johannesburg High Court earlier this month after entering into a plea agreement and confessing to Stock&#8217;s assassination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He was convicted of murder, illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, and contravening the Immigration Act, with all sentences running concurrently.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Meanwhile, the alleged mastermind, 44-year-old Majola, is expected to return to court today for the finalisation of the pre-trial conference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":41851,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-42798","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Murder case of media personality Warrick \"DJ Warras\" Stock expected to return to court","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42799,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42798\/revisions\/42799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=42798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}