Everson Luhanga
He is an award-winning gospel musician with a golden voice who spiritually moves people with his music and changes lives to believe in Christ.
But Themba is seen as the first contact for dangerous and heavily armed criminals, including hijackers and even people who are looking for hitmen.
Besides being nicknamed PK which means Pastor’s Kid, when he was growing up, Themba said he has a dark side people of Sebokeng in the Vaal associate him with.
He said many people who want to kill their targets go to him and ask him to arrange it for them.
Two such people are Junior Nakedi and his uncle Teboho Nakedi, who contacted Themba to help them find the hitman to get Junior’s stepmother Dimakatso Nakedi bumped off.
Both Junior and his uncle were arrested in a dramatic sting planned by the Hawks and the police. They spent months in police custody before being released on bail.
Their case is underway at the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court in the Vaal.
In an exclusive interview with Scrolla.Africa, Themba admitted that many hardcore criminals see him as one of them.
“My brother was a hitman who killed many people. He was known as a dangerous man who would walk into a room and everyone would go quiet.
“He was very close to me and many people ‘respected’ me for being associated with him.”
Themba said the time Junior approached him to get a hitman to kill Dimakatso, his brother was still alive and he could easily have taken her down. “But I knew Dimakatso, who used to run a famous beauty salon in Ekasi. I didn’t want her to get killed,” he said.
He added: “I then reported the case to the police and the Hawks who set up a trap to arrest the men.”
Scrolla.Africa spoke to Dimakatso.
Dimakatso said she was shocked when Themba revealed her stepson’s plans to have her killed. “The day Themba told me the story, I didn’t believe him. But when he called my stepson and his uncle, I was shaken to hear their plans. Themba pretended as if I was not with him when he called them,” sobbed Dima.
Themba said he reported the matter to the police who organised a trap to arrest the apparent assassins. When the trap was hatched, Themba planned to meet both Junior and Teboho Nakedi at one of the filling stations in the Vaal where he was supposed to be paid the money. The fee was set at R100 000,
He said the day of the arrest, Junior didn’t come. Teboho Nakedi was there with R3 000, with a BMW as a deposit.
The police and the Hawks arrested him.
A day later, the Hawks arrested his nephew as well.
Themba said he is also known as a fraudster where dangerous hijackers call him after stealing cars to help them change particulars of the stolen vehicles.
Themba admitted that people associate him with hitmen because his brother was a hitman.
“My brother earned his living by killing people. But he died after thugs shot him dead.”
Themba said he met Junior at a licensing department where he (Junior) wanted to have his traffic fines squashed and Themba was helping people with such problems. “Junior didn’t have the money to pay me and he told me his story about his stepmother and he asked me to arrange hitmen to assassinate her.”
Scrolla.Africa is attending ongoing court proceedings.
