Three South Africans have been charged with murder following the killing of a Nigerian Bolt driver, Isaac Satlat in an attack captured on dashcam footage
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The video, which has been widely shared on social media, shows a man and a woman struggling with the driver as they appeared to rob him.
Satlat is seen trying to resist before one of the passengers allegedly strangles him until he becomes unresponsive.
The three suspects were arrested over the weekend and appeared in court in Pretoria on Monday. They have since withdrawn their bail applications and were not required to comment on the charges.
Police are still searching for a fourth suspect linked to the case.
Dikeledi Mphala, 24, Goitsione Machidi, 25, and McClaren Mushwana, 30, have also been charged with robbery.
Satlat, 22, was a Nigerian national, but his family said the attack was not motivated by his nationality, despite South Africa’s history of xenophobic violence.
Prosecutors said the suspects ordered a Bolt ride last Wednesday using a phone number not registered in any of their names.
Authorities alleged that Mphala and the fourth suspect entered Satlat’s vehicle, while Machidi and Mushwana followed in a separate car.
They then “forced the deceased to stop the vehicle, strangled him to death and robbed him of his cell phone and vehicle which was later recovered”, the prosecuting authority’s spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana said.
The case has renewed concerns over the safety of e-hailing drivers in South Africa, where there have been increasing reports of attacks amid high crime levels and one of the world’s highest murder rates.
The matter was postponed until next Monday.
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