Prowling the fairways of Fancourt Golf Estate, his sandy blond hair swept back and designer sunglasses donned, Mark Lifman presented himself as an old-school businessman.

Ever-circling bodyguards were perhaps the only hint of a more sinister side to the South African.

Yet the 57-year-old was alone when he was assassinated in broad daylight last month.

Hitmen had reportedly stalked Lifman for months before opening fire from a white VW Golf as he walked back to his car at Garden Route Mall in South Africa’s Western Cape on Nov 3.

Johann Jacobs, 53, and Gert “Johnny” Bezuidenhout, 37, were arrested five hours later driving between Willowmore and Uniondale with disguises of dresses, bras and wigs in the boot.

The pair will spend Christmas behind bars after their bail applications were postponed to 2025.

Lifman was killed a day before he was meant to take the stand co-accused of murdering “Steroid King” Brian Wainstein at his home in Constantia on 18 Aug 2017.

Wainstein, who previously lived in Ireland, was shot five times as he slept beside his partner and two-year-old child.

The state claimed Lifman had financed the murder after clashing with Wainstein over investments and property, feeling he was “getting greedy”.