Two people arrested for KZN municipal manager shooting

Police spokesman Major Thulani Zwane said that the two men, aged 27 and 33, were arrested in Ladysmith on Saturday by the police’s provincial Taxi Violence Task Team.

 

 

He said they were expected to appear in the Ladysmith Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Zwane said an unlicensed firearm had been seized and was sent for ballistic testing.

 

The motive for the killing was not known, he said.

 

Sinatra Khumalo was shot dead by gunmen on July 16 while on the way home to his Ladysmith home. Police were called to Helpmekaar Road where a white VW Kombi was found with Khumalo’s body.

 

At the time, the police initial information was that Khumalo was ambushed by three men in the Intshele area near Ladysmith.

 

Khumalo sustained gunshot wounds to the head and body.

 

The Ndaka municipality is one of the country’s poorest and it falls under the uThukela District Municipality with its offices in the town of Wasbank. It is governed by a coalition of the National Freedom Party and the African National Congress. -ANA

 

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