Police discovered through witness statements that his wife Thembisile Mdletshe, who was 49 at the time, had planned on killing her husband in order to get his pension money before his retirement.
Amaphoyisa athola esitatimendeni sikafakazi ukuthi unkosikazi kaGcabashe uThembisile Mdletshe, owayeneminyaka engu-49 ubudala ngaleso sikhathi, wahlela ukubulala umyeni wakhe ukuze ezothola imali yakhe yempesheni ngaphambi kokuba athathe umhlalaphansi.