The five accused in the murder of a Zimbabwean vendor at Otjiwarongo made their first court appearance before magistrate Karl Muyeghu. The accused are Jandre Jansen van Vuuren, 23, Jonathan Myburgh, 22, Roberto Katjinunene, 24, Kefas Kuutondokua, 26 and Hedrick Simupureni, 20. They are accused of killing Hlaisaneni Zhou, 43 on 3 June. They have been remanded into police custody until 17 August. Van Vuuren and Myburgh have indicated they will engage a private lawyer while the rest will be applying for legal aid representation. The State objected to bail on grounds of public interest, the seriousness of the offence and interest of the administration of justice. Prosecutor Elana Doeses represented the State. Van Vuuren is a supervisor of Grid Hawk Security company, which is owned by Myburgh. Katjinamunene is an employee of SaveMor supermarket at Etemba Plaza shopping complex, where the alleged violent assault occurred. Kuutondokua and Simupureni are security guards of Grid Hawk.