Illustrative image: Mark Lifman, Jerome Booysen, and Andre Naude appear at Western Cape High Court on April 22, 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Die Burger/Jaco Marais) 
In murky organised crime arenas, the irrefutable facts take the form of a murder toll. A dead body equates to cold, hard fact. The stories spun around it, some which may be intentionally planted to divert from truth and those guilty of crime, need to be carefully unravelled.
Organised crime suspect Mark Lifman consistently denied accusations that he was linked to lawbreaking.
The businessman was assassinated in the Western Cape town of George on 3 November 2024 while facing accusations, and on trial, for the assassination of another organised crime suspect - Brian “the Steroid King” Wainstein.
Reporting by: Caryn Dolley
Video edited by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Filmed by: Bernard Kotzé
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-editing by: Kevin Flynn
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