Slain underworld kingpin Mark Lifman has been laid to rest by his family in a secret ceremony on Thursday.
Close friends of the notorious businessman from Fresnaye were shocked to learn that they had not been invited.
The 57-year-old Lifman was shot and killed in a hail of bullets at Garden Route Mall in George last Sunday after spending the day on the golf course.
Cops bust Gert Bezuidenhout and Johannes Jacobs who were caught shortly after the high profile hit in the mall parking lot.
According to various Daily Voice sources, his comrades such as Jerome 'Donkie' Booysen and Andre Naude were shocked when they heard the news of his burial on Thursday.
“Absolutely nobody knew or was invited to his funeral. His two sisters came to identify his body in the week and on Thursday they just held a private ceremony without anyone knowing,” said one source.
“Not even his closest friends like Donkie or Andre knew anything and they were very shocked and disappointed as they were not given the chance to say goodbye.
“Mark was unmarried and didn't have children and was laid to rest at the Jewish Cemetery in Pinelands alongside his parents' graves. Nobody knows why this decision was taken but it is understood that not even his legal team were invited to the funeral,” the source said.
Meanwhile Lifman's co-accused in the trial relating to the murder of “steroid king” Brian Wainstein are set to return to the Western Cape High Court today where the state is expected to produce his death certificate.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) confirmed the case will continue.
Lifman along with Booysen, Naude, Sam Farquharson, Egan Norman, Wayne Henderson, Ricardo Maarman, Typhene Jantjies, Bevan Ezaus, Bradley De Bula, Kashief Hanslo, Rowendel Stevens, Ismail Cupido, and Igor Russol have been on trial for the murder of Wainstein and violent clashes at nightclubs in the Cape Town CBD.