Man to appear for PTA murder
A man is expected to appear in the Pretoria North Magistrate's Court in connection with the murder of Maj-Gen Tirhani Maswanganyi last year.
The 33-year-old and his co-accused, a 52-year-old warrant officer, were arrested on January 9 for allegedly plotting to kill investigators probing Maswanganyi's murder.
Maswanganyi was a cluster commander in Johannesburg when he was murdered near Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, in June.
His hands and feet were bound. A police patrol found Maswanganyi's abandoned Isuzu bakkie next to the road.
A police uniform and police identification card were in the bakkie, which prompted a search.
The 52-year-old was a warrant officer from the Vaal.
He faced charges related to a conspiracy to kill the police officers investigating Maswanganyi's murder.
His co-accused, the 33-year-old, had not only been implicated in the alleged plot to kill investigators, but was also allegedly linked to Maswanganyi's murder.
He would appear in court on Thursday on a separate charge of murder.
This brought the number of people arrested in connection with Maswanganyi's death to six.
Four people, including three SA National Defence Force officers, were arrested last year in connection with the murder.
-Sapa