Reading a one-page prepared statement, Maphwanya said the SANDF had noted the media reports making “alarming allegations about the existence of the so-called South African National Defence Force death squad, responsible for acts of kidnapping, torture and murder”.
This is despite the South African National Defence Force refuting the existence of a death squad operating within its ranks. The force was initially linked to the high-profile kidnapping of an alleged Islamic State financier.
South African Police Service Colonel Frans Mathipa was shot in the head and killed by unknown assassins on Sunday, 6 August 2023. Were SANDF Special Forces soldiers the skilled shooters who murdered a seasoned investigator in the Hawks’ Crimes Against the State Unit? If they were, could this ex.
The Johannesburg high court has struck off an urgent application by the brother of a missing terrorism suspect allegedly kidnapped from the Mall of Africa in December to have his whereabouts disclosed.