Two Zimbabweans who allegedly murdered a farmer and his wife at a farm outside Musina have been arrested in the Esigodini area near Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.

Mr Johan Greyvenstein (54) and his wife Annelise (53) were found dead in their bakkie on Thursday, November 4, close to their home at the Cassel smallholdings, about 10km outside Musina.

Police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Hosiah Mukombero said the two suspects were arrested on Friday (12th) during a joint operation involving the SAPS and Zimbabwean police. “We arrested two suspects whom we suspect committed a murder at a farm in Musina. The two had just been fired by the farmer and they allegedly then waylaid him and his wife while the couple was coming from shopping and murdered them,” Mukombero said.

Mukombero said the two suspects were being held at the police cells at Beit Bridge Police station. “We are holding them in our cells and they are assisting us with investigations, as they are also linked with another murder case here in Zimbabwe,” he said.

The arrest comes hot on the heels of another arrest of two hardcore Zimbabwean criminals, who were among the six prisoners that recently escaped from police cells in Musina, after cutting through the iron bars with a saw.

The police have also smashed an organized theft racket, arresting nine suspects and recovering stolen goods worth R30 000.

The local police spokesperson, Chief Supt Hosiah Mukombero, said two of the suspects, Arnold Chipato (23) and Moses Mhande (19) were arrested on Friday morning at the Beit Bridge Border post, after a trap involving various police units was set following a tip-off. “We arrested nine suspects linked to a notorious theft syndicate operating at the border."

He added that they had received a tip-off from community members and then deployed teams at the border. The two had stolen two generators and a small bag containing R2 000 and alleged stolen documents. He added that the two suspects were arrested while fleeing, "and this was after our officers had set dogs on them. They then led us to the homes of the other seven suspects, where we recovered several electrical gadgets, which included stoves, refrigerators, television sets, hi fis, irons, a computer monitor, a bicycle, car batteries and radios,” he said.