Pretoria - When two Nigerians sent a photo of a “dead” Blue Bulls and Bulls rugby player, Deon Helberg, to a Pretoria woman on Wednesday, she replied: “Job well done. See you tomorrow.”Manda Reyneke, 47, of Silver Lakes apparently contracted the two Nigerians several months ago to kill Helberg, 21, who has also played for the Springbok Sevens side.Little did she know that the police force’s Hawks investigation unit, the Nigerians and a very much alive Helberg had carefully doctored the photo to trap her.Reyneke was arrested at the Atterbury Value Mart in Pretoria on Thursday morning shortly after handing R10 000 in cash - allegedly part payment for the hit - to the Nigerians.

Car surrounded

Beeld saw Reyneke stop next to the two Nigerians in the parking lot in her silver Volvo and hand them a packet of R100 notes, when several unmarked vehicles carrying members of the Hawks surrounded her car, sirens blaring, and forced her to get out.

Reyneke did not show any emotion throughout the sting, even when she was handcuffed and put into a police vehicle.Lieutenant-Colonel Leonie Verster, a commanding officer in the Hawks’ tactical operations management section, said one of the Nigerians approached the police with information about the planned hit.“We are extremely grateful to this man and see this as a great success.”Verster said Reyneke made certain admissions following her arrest.Johan Lourens, Helberg’s uncle, said the arrest was a great relief.

“Deon is very relieved, as she [Reyneke] had been threatening for two years that she was going to have him killed.“It was hell for him to wonder every day whether he was going to die that day. We are glad that justice will now be done.”Helberg said the Blue Bulls Rugby Union (BBRU) will shortly issue a statement on his behalf.

Fell in love with him

Beeld heard Reyneke wanted to have Helberg killed because she had fallen in love with him while he was dating her daughter some time ago.He was living with them at one stage.When Helberg broke off the relationship with her daughter, Reyneke allegedly started harassing him with SMSes and later started threatening him with death.

About two months ago she met two Nigerians at a nightclub and allegedly hired them to carry out the hit.“She picked the wrong Nigerians,” said one of them, who wishes to remain anonymous.“She sent us SMSes day and night, informing us of all Helberg’s movements.“She said she would buy us each a house and that, after the murder, she would pay us R10 000 a month for 12 months.”The Nigerians, who did not want to kill anyone, put pressure on Reyneke to give them Helberg’s cellphone number.When she eventually did so, they contacted Helberg and told him Reyneke had hired them to kill him.

No emotion

Even after her arrest, Reyneke still thought Helberg was dead - until she heard during her interrogation at the Hawks’ headquarters in Silverton that he was still alive.Beeld was told she had asked to see Helberg and he was apparently called to the room.Reyneke reportedly showed no emotion when she saw him alive. The two said nothing to each other.Reyneke is expected to appear in the Pretoria Regional Court on a charge of conspiring to commit murder.

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Cougar-wanted-Bulls-player-killed-20101119

What a story!    

See the comments on the link, with SA folks praising the 'two Nigerians' to high heavens.   

Some said they didn't believe a Nigerian could reject that kind of money!

^^^Yes it is quite a story.South Africans have misconceptions about Nigerians and there is a lot stereotyping going against us in SA but this story has brought us some pride in SA.Let us hope that Nigerians in SA continue to fly the flag in a positive way ,maybe, just maybe we will become respected in SA instead of being "hated".

Amazing story.

I bet they are Igbo, lol!

YAY!
Not all Nigerians are bad after all

Thumbs down to that useless European guy that said on a blog somewhere "Show me a Nigerian and i will show u a thief!"

At least Nigerians re begining 2 create good names now.All dose bad perceptions abt us ll soon b ova.