BLOOD IN, BLOOD OUT

The intercepted calls of alleged underworld kingpins have lifted the veil on the rift between Jerome "Donkie" Booysen and his younger brother, Colin. 

This was revealed at the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday as the murder trial of the slain steroid Brian Wainstein resumed. 

Booysen and several others face a plethora of charges linked to the death of Wainstein and violent clashes in the nightclub security industry dating back nearly 10 years ago. 

The murder case was plunged into a trial-within-a-trial last year as the State sought to introduce evidence obtained from the interception of calls in a different matter relating to an investigation into a drug syndicate the state alleges was run by Booysen and several others. 

It is understood that as investigators obtained permission to intercept the calls of the drug syndicate they uncovered information linked to the Wainstein murder and battles for control of the nightclub security industry. 

Defence teams have since objected to the admission of the calls and transcripts being incorporated in the trial and a decision was made that the audios will be played in court. 

The retired Hawks detective who investigated the matter returned to the witness stand and explained the conversations. 

During a call played in the courtroom yesterday, the detective identified the speakers as Jerome and fugitive Kamaal Kishor Naidoo. 

In the call, the two men are heard talking about issues surrounding an associate of Colin known as Wassiem. 

During the call, the men are heard saying Wassiem needed to be dealt with, but his affiliation with Colin sparked some resistance by Jerome due to their blood relation. 

"Dis moelik vir my, moelik die feit dat my bloed broer langsaan staan," a man is heard saying on the call. 

The detective told the court that investigators believed this was proof that harm would come to Wassiem. 

The two men also speak about the arrival of "generals" from National Intelligence and the State alleges that Naidoo says on the call that they could assist slain Mark Lifman with a R370 million SARS battle he was fighting at the time.

The men also talking about banning Wassiem and Wainstein from visiting the Shimmy Beach Club.  

In court papers released before the commencement of the trial, the State alleged that a split in the brotherhood resulted in Colin teaming up with Nafiz Modack and other against his older boeta and Lifman for control over the nightclubs.

This led to a bitter feud which resulted in nightclub battles for several years until both brother were arrested for two different murder trials.