Roberto Carlos da Silva

Roberto Carlos da Silva
Birthdate:	May 07, 1975
Birthplace:	South Africa
Death:	October 17, 2018 (43) Johannesburg South, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, GP, South Africa (Murder - Business Attack)
Immediate Family:	Son of Private and Private Brother of Private; Private and Private
Occupation:	Owner of Lusitano restaurant

Managed by:	Susan Jane Isikson (Parratt)
Last Updated:	today

Birthdate:

May 07, 1975

Birthplace:

South Africa

Death:

October 17, 2018 (43)
Johannesburg South, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, GP, South Africa (Murder - Business Attack)

Immediate Family:

Son of Private and Private
Brother of Private; Private and Private

Occupation:

Owner of Lusitano restaurant

Managed by:

Susan Jane Isikson (Parratt)

Last Updated:

today

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Roberto da Silva (1975 - 2018)

Brief overview:

Roberto (43), owner of Lusitano restaurant in Regents Park, Johannesburg, was held up and robbed, then shot in the head, after opening his restaurant door, at around 09h30 on 17th October 2018.

An unknown amount of cash was stolen. According to eyewitnesses‚ the suspect was driving a white Hyundai Elantra.

Brief Biography:

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Funeral/Memorial

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The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

Attack Details:

Date and time of attack

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Items Stolen

Investigative ofﬁcer/SAPS Case No:

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Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

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Arrests

The suspect, was arrested on Monday 3rd December 2018,

Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s

Nhlanhla Ngwenya (22)

Country of origin of Perpetrator/s

Illegal Zimabwean national,

Trial/Conviction

Ngwenya appeared in court on Friday 7th December 2022. He was released on bail in January 2022 after he was refused bail. The deceased's family was apparently not informed of his bail and, and furthermore, had heard that the charge of murder against him had been withdrawn, after the dossier had apparently disappeared.
According to the prosecutor of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the state does not currently know where the accused is. Phyllis Vorster, prosecutor at AfriForum's private prosecution unit, said that Ngwenya received bail under peculiar circumstances.
AfriForum's private prosecution unit is acting in terms of a vigilance assignment on behalf of Roberto's wife, Cindy da Silva, who asked the unit for assistance when she heard earlier this year that the accused had been released on bail and that the NPA was no longer going to prosecute him for murder. This is despite footage indicating that Ngwenya had broken into the restaurant twice before and robbed cash. "During the third robbery, Roberto was shot dead," said Vorster. The civil rights organisation has committed to assisting Cindy by locating Ngwenya, and if necessary, having him extradited from Zimbabwe to South Africa.
According to Vorster, it emerged from this investigation that the accused submitted a bail appeal during the festive season in December last year and was released on bail in January this year based on "new facts". They made representation to the Director of Public Prosecutions in Gauteng (DPO) that the charge of murder should be reinstated and also made evidence material available to the NPA. After that, the NPA again decided to institute prosecution and the dossier was simply "found".

1975	May 7, 1975	Birth of Roberto Carlos da Silva South Africa
2018	October 17, 2018 Age 43	Death of Roberto Carlos da Silva Johannesburg South, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, GP, South Africa

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