Robert Ngwenya ‘slashed his own tyres’, court hears This comes after the businessman filed three charges against Mabena to whom he was married to for five years. According to ZAlebs, these charges include theft and malicious damage to property, and the other two are for assault. Two of the three charges have been dropped against Mabena, but the assault charges are still pending. After she appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday 16 March, her lawyers told City Press that the charges of theft and damage to property were thrown out because her ex-husband allegedly slashed his own car tyres. He was caught on tape, hence the state refused to prosecute her for those charges.