Mpumalanga’s new task team on political assassinations will take over and revive investigations into two high-profile murders dating back 14 years ago.
Mpumalanga ANC secretary Muzi Chirwa has revealed that he was targeted by assassins in the volatile Mkhondo region when he was the party’s Gert Sibande regional secretary and district mayor.
The EFF has threatened to apply for an urgent court interdict against the new mayor and Speaker of Mkhondo Local Municipality in Piet Retief because they claim that Mpumalanga Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Mandla Msibi did not comply with legislation when he called a special council meeting on Wednesday.
A fifth suspect, arrested for the assassination of ANC councillor, Sibonelo Mthembu (36), in Mkhondo (Piet Retief) is expected to appear in the local court on Wednesday.
An African National Congress (ANC) councillor in Mkhondo Local Municipality, Sbonelo Mthembu, and two others, were shot dead outside his home over the weekend.