Witness insists Booysen’s split was pivotal in Wainstein murder case

Jerome ‘Donkie’ Booysen (front), Andre Naude (left) and Mark Lifman (right) at the Western Cape High Court. Jerome “Donkie” Booysen and 11 other co-accused returned to the dock facing charges linked to the death of slain steroid kingpin Brian Wainstein and violent clashes in the nightclub security industry, dating back nearly 10 years. The court case continued with cross-examination of the State’s key witness, Mr X, a Section 204 witness, after he had been in charge of Wainstein’s security before being allegedly recruited by Booysen to murder the kingpin.

Advocate Amanda Nel, representing Booysen, probed the witness on a previous statement given to cops before his 204statement on how the conflict in the club industry started heating up when Booysen’s brother, Colin, had a fallout with him and the slain Mark Lifman. Court documents read: “Colin left and took the Sexy Boys muscle with him. Jerome, Lifman, and [slain] Andre Naude approached [fugitive] Kamaal Kishor Naidoo, who in turn told them he would approach [the late] William ‘Red’ Stevens, the leader of the 27s gang, and [the late] Marwaan ‘Dinky’ Desai, the 27s fight general, to provide the muscle they needed.

This is how Jerome and Lifman managed to source their protection, but at a price.” Mr X agreed and said the conflict started in 2016 between Colin and Naidoo, then heated up between Colin, Lifman, and Nafiz Modack at an auction in Parow in March 2017, which led Colin to take over security. He said Colin then split from the old group (Booysen, Lifman, and Naude) and joined a new nightclub security group with Modack.