Thabiso Zulu is cautious about the case though, as a lot can still go against a conviction.
One of the men who blew the whistle on alleged corruption at uMzimkhulu municipality – which he said led to the assassination of Sindiso Magaqa – has called the arrest of the African National Congress mayor implicated in the case a victory.
Harry Gwala district municipality mayor and former African National Congress provincial deputy secretary Mluleki Ndobe was questioned by police on Saturday and subsequently arrested. Considered a senior and influential ANC member, he sits on the party’s powerful provincial working committee. Magaqa – a PR councillor at uMzimkhulu at the time of his death – was shot alongside colleagues Nontsikelelo Mafa and Jabu Msiya in July 2017, and died in September 2017 due to “complications from multiple gunshot wounds”. Mafa and Msiya both survived the ambush and were placed under state protection.
Zulu testified at the Moerane Commission of Inquiry – established to investigate the underlying causes of political killings in the province – which ended last year.
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