A man has handed himself over to police for the murder of two National Freedom Party (NFP) councillors.
|||KwaZulu-Natal - A man has handed himself over to Greytown police for the murder of two National Freedom Party (NFP) councillors.
Councillors Bongani Shelembe, 52, and Isaac Thulebona Nhlebela 46, were killed in two separate incidents this year. On May 1, Shelembe had been returning from a meeting at Tugela Ferry to Keates Drift with two others when they came under fire on the R33 Main Road in the Nsongeni area. Shelembe and one of his passengers were killed.
Nhlebela was shot dead on July 6, in Nqutu Road, in Dundee. The 56-year-old suspect is expected to appear in the Msinga Magistrate’s Court, on Tuesday.
Last week Lieutenant-Colonel Vincent Mdunge, said four other suspects were arrested in connection with Shelembe’s murder.
Nonsindiso Dlamini, 22, Mkhonzeni Ntuli, 37, Mlindeli Mchunu, 31 and Mzonjani Mgwaba, 41, have appeared in the Msinga Magistrate’s Court.
The case was adjourned to today for a bail application. - Daily News
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