Wainstein murder: Courts hears details of split in 'The Brotherhood', birth of nightclub security war

CAPE TOWN - A split in an alleged underworld crime organisation called "The Brotherhood", police corruption, and the birth of a nightclub security war all came under the spotlight in the Western Cape High Court on Monday.   

Alleged underworld gang boss, Jerome "Donkie" Booysen, and 11 others are on trial for the murder of the man dubbed "the Steroid King", Brian Wainstein, in 2017.

A Hawks detective detailed how she used cellphone records to show Booysen, his brother, Colin Booysen, and the now-deceased Mark Lifman and Andre Naude, were allegedly part of a criminal enterprise called "The Brotherhood".

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The detective highlighted an incident at the Coco Bar nightclub in 2016, which caused a split in the group, resulting in Colin Booysen joining their rival, alleged underworld gang boss, Nafiz Modack.

She also used a recording of a phone call between Lifman and Naude to highlight an incident at a property auction in Parow in March 2017.

"Mark and Andre were at the auction when Colin Booysen and Nafiz Modack arrived."

In a separate trial, Modack previously testified that he decided to take over security at Cape Town's nightclubs from Lifman after they had an argument at the auction.

The detective also mentioned a cellphone recording from Lifman which shows possible police corruption.