Three accused of murdering Pretoria e-hailing driver abandon bail bids

Three suspects arrested in connection with the murder of an e-hailing driver in Pretoria West abandoned their bail applications at the Pretoria magistrate’s court on Monday. Dikeledi Phela and McClaren Mushwana, both from Lotus Gardens, and Gositsiane Machidi from Soshanguve, are facing charges of murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances. Isaac Satlat, 22, was attacked by his passengers who had requested an e-hailing ride in Pretoria West on Wednesday last week, according to police.

He was robbed of his cellphone and strangled to death. Satlat was working part-time as an e-hailing driver while completing an automotive mechanical engineering internship at Centurion. He would have celebrated his birthday on March 12.