Victor Majola, the 38-year-old man accused of murdering popular Johannesburg radio host DJ Warras, made his first full court appearance on December 24, 2025, and from the dock delivered a single, defiant line that has dominated headlines: “I didn’t do it.” The statement — calm, direct, and repeated under oath — stands in stark contrast to the growing mountain of evidence prosecutors have presented in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court.
Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock, 35, was shot dead outside his Sandton home on December 10, 2025, in what police immediately classified as a targeted assassination. CCTV footage from a neighbour’s camera shows a gunman approaching Warras’s Mercedes, firing multiple rounds through the driver’s window, then fleeing on foot. In a detail that has horrified the public, the same footage appears to capture the same figure — now disguised in a cap and different jacket — returning to the scene approximately 20 minutes later, walking past police tape, pausing near the vehicle, and making a small pointing gesture before disappearing again.
Gauteng Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola described the return as “highly unusual and deeply concerning,” suggesting premeditation and possible coordination. Majola was arrested two weeks later after intelligence reportedly linked him to the weapon used and to a syndicate involved in hijacked buildings — the very issue Warras had repeatedly exposed on air in the months before his death.
Prosecutors opposed bail, citing Majola’s alleged ties to organised crime, flight risk, and the risk of witness intimidation. They revealed that Majola and Warras had worked together in radio circles years earlier and had fallen out over “professional jealousy and financial disputes.” A source close to the investigation told Sowetan Live that Warras had named Majola in private conversations as someone who “felt threatened” by his growing influence and on-air activism.
Majola’s legal team, led by prominent defence attorney Advocate Dali Mpofu, maintains his client is being framed. “This is a rush to judgment based on circumstantial evidence and motive speculation,” Mpofu argued in court. “My client denies any involvement. He is innocent until proven guilty — and we intend to prove it.”
The case has gripped South Africa. Warras was not just a radio personality; he was a voice for communities terrorised by hijacked buildings, drug syndicates and extortion. His murder is widely viewed as retaliation for his outspoken campaigns. Fans and activists have flooded social media with #JusticeForWarras (now over 1.8 million posts), demanding full release of the CCTV footage and a thorough investigation into possible accomplices.
Warras’s widow Thandi Richardson issued a brief statement through supporters: “My husband died because he spoke truth to power. We will not let his voice be silenced again.”
As the bail hearing continues into January 2026 and investigators prepare for a potential trial, one question hangs over the case: if Majola is innocent, who returned to the scene to point at the murdered man’s car — and why?
The truth is still emerging. But for a grieving family, a silenced voice, and a nation demanding answers, time is running out.
