Tongo's third statement is impossible because it requires that all of the following occurred within the same 30 hours: 

•    The first available taxi driver at the Airport agreed to arrange a hit for Shrien. 
•    The hit was discussed as soon as the 'target' was out of ear-shot for a few minutes on arrival at the Cape Grace Hotel, and the taxi driver was told that an unspecified "client"/"lady" was going to be the target. She was to be killed the next evening.
•    A father of five, the taxi driver agreed to put his income at risk by setting up a hasty murder plot for which his payment would be five thousand Rand (about £450 at that time.)
•    The driver said that he does "not associate .. with such things", i.e. contract killings, but he agreed straight away to take the victim to her death in his taxi. 
•    A hotel receptionist provided contact with a 'hit-man', but did not want any payment "because that is what I would call blood money".
•    (Tongo says that) Shrien made a payment of R10,000 to the muggers by hiding it in a "pouch" behind the front passenger seat of the taxi. However, CCTV shows that Tongo had "R10,000!" much earlier in the day, provided by "rich people" who wanted him to arrange a "helicopter trip". It's just coincidence that Shrien says that Tongo had his R10,000 to arrange a helicopter trip for him?
•    The two 'hit-men' had never done hits before. They first discussed the 'hit' on the Saturday afternoon and then completed it that evening..     
•    After visiting with the 'hit-men' on the Cape Flats, Tongo did not need to phone Shrien to ask if the "client"/”lady” had arrived at the Cape Grace Hotel, or to say that the hit was ready to take place after 8 pm that evening. Shrien could simply ask once, and all would be taken care of!
•    Tongo drove an additional 18 miles from Gugulethu to the Somerset West area, simply because the muggers had not been in position for the hold-up at 8:30 pm. It's just a coincidence that the Dewanis had a reservation at a restaurant near Somerset West for 9:30 pm. (Obviously, Tongo hoped that the booking would not be brought to light, because it indicates that Shrien planned a trip to Somerset West for a sociable reason. Ref. dailym.ai.) 

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•    Shrien planned to be mugged at gunpoint in a dark township, so that Anni would never know that he wanted her killed. He planned to lose his phone, watch and cash to the muggers, and to be abandoned miles from his hotel, near midnight.

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