R10,000 bail each for two men in Tsontso watch case as Kempton Park asks who handled her Garmin

Two of the three men accused over the Garmin watch worn by Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo were granted R10,000 bail each at the Kempton Park Magistrates’ Court on Monday, while the third accused remains in custody and will wait until 19 October for his bail application.

Kenneth Chibuzor, Stephen Mahlakwane Sekhukhune and Danial Anthony Moat briefly appeared in connection with the alleged theft, resale and possession of the watch. Sekhukhune and Moat were released on bail after giving the court their addresses and employment details. All three are understood to live in Kempton Park.

For the residents of Kempton Park and Rhodesfield, the appearance is one step in a case that has gripped the area since Moselakgomo left her home for a run and did not come back. Her body was found in Rhodesfield on 12 September 2026. The community that turned out to look for her has been waiting since then for the state to explain how she died, and that answer has not yet come.

The South African Police Service has clarified that no murder charges have been brought against the three men at this stage. The investigation into her actual death is ongoing. That distinction matters to a public that has followed this case closely, and it is the reason the watch, rather than the death itself, is the subject of the charges currently before the court.

What the state says happened to the watch

The National Prosecuting Authority set out the trail in the words of its spokesperson, Magaboke Mohlatlole. Chibuzor, who ran a second-hand goods shop in Kempton Park, allegedly bought the smartwatch from an unidentified individual for R900 and then sold it to Sekhukhune. Sekhukhune allegedly sold the device to Moat for R4,000. Moat allegedly took possession of the physical watch and advertised it for sale on a social media marketplace, where he sold it on to a fourth individual for R4,000.

“The smartwatch is central to the case, with investigators seeking to establish how it moved between the accused after Moselakgomo was last seen alive,” Mohlatlole said. The State alleges that on 10 September, Sekhukhune registered the watch to his Gmail account after the deceased’s profile information and settings had been erased.

Mohlatlole said the investigation is continuing into the device’s later movement, including its alleged sale to two further individuals. Police are still working through the transactions and the money that allegedly changed hands between the people who handled it.

The charges

Chibuzor faces charges relating to alleged contraventions of the Second-Hand Goods Act 6 of 2009, money laundering and theft, alternatively possession of goods reasonably suspected to have been stolen, or receiving stolen property without reasonable cause to believe the transferor was entitled to dispose of it.

Sekhukhune and Moat face charges of money laundering and theft, alternatively possession of or receiving stolen property.

No formal plea has been entered. The case is at a preliminary stage.

Why Chibuzor stays in custody

Chibuzor remains behind bars because the documentation he submitted required further investigation, and the investigation team will verify his immigration status as he is a Nigerian national. That verification is the reason his bail application was postponed to 19 October 2026, and it is the only reason the court has given for the difference in how the three accused were treated on Monday.

For readers watching the case, that is the practical position. Two men have met the court’s bail conditions. One has not yet had his application heard. The state has not alleged that his immigration status has any connection to the watch, and it has not charged him over Moselakgomo’s death.

What South Africans are asking

Since Moselakgomo’s body was found, the question residents have put to the police is not about the watch. It is about what happened to her between the morning she left home and the day her body was discovered in Rhodesfield, and why it took until the middle of September for that discovery to be made. The watch matters because it is the thread the state can currently pull. The death is what the community wants accounted for.

That is also why the bail outcome landed the way it did in the area. A R10,000 bail amount is a real figure for most households in Kempton Park, and it tells residents that the court regards the two accused as people who will return for trial. It does not tell them anything about the death investigation, which SAPS says is still running.

The Enquirer will follow the 19 October appearance and the state’s account of how the watch moved, and will report what the court is told.