Lekompo musician Lehlogonolo Chauke, popularly known as Shebe Maburna, has told the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo that he does not own a firearm.
Shebe Maburna has also denied possessing a firearm on the day of the alleged shooting incident where he allegedly shot and wounded his fan in Ladanna, Polokwane, in October 2025.
He is facing 21 charges, including possession of unlicensed firearm and four counts of attempted murder.
He is currently undergoing re-examination on his fifth bail hearing led by his defence lawyer, Advocate Mutheiwana Sikhwari.
Advocate Sikhwari: Was it a real firearm or a toy or anything you do not know?
Chauke: I do not have knowledge of that.
Advocate Sikhwari: Do you own one?
Chauke: No, I do not have a firearm.
He has questioned the credibility of the investigating officer, Captain Phaladi Makola, in his case. He has told the court that Makola has portrayed him as a criminal based on the alleged offences that he is charged with.
He says the investigating officer is making claims that, according to him, cannot be substantiated by evidence.
” Now, the picture painted or presented to court then was that I am a criminal. But now when there is no report or statement supporting what he was saying, I just ask myself how he feels about what he said which cannot be proven now.”
GALLERY | Thursday marks exactly a year since the arrest of popular lekompo musician, Lehlogonolo “Shebe Maburna” Chauke, who is making his fifth bail bid at the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. Credit: Rendani Raliphaswa https://t.co/YigPcxlsBv
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-Report by Rendani Raliphaswa