Magaqa killer among 28 arrested for KZN political killings
Other successes include the arrest of six suspects linked to the killing
of ANC Moses Mabhida Region activist Musawenkosi ‘Maqatha’ Mchunu.
One of the men responsible for the murder of Sindiso Magaqa is among 28
suspects arrested for political killings in KwaZulu-Natal, Police
Minister Bheki Cele said today.
“As of this morning, a suspect who is linked to the killing of the late
African National Congress Youth League former secretary-general, Mr
Sindiso Magaqa, appeared in the uMzimkhulu Regional Court, his matter
has been remanded to 23 September 2018 for a formal bail hearing,” said
Cele.
“He is not the last one [who will be arrested]. We are still hunting some other people.”
In September 2017, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation,
known as the Hawks, announced one of the suspects allegedly involved in
Magaqa’s killing, Jabulani Mdunge, 38, who lived between Durban’s Berea
and a KwaMashu hostel, was killed in a shoot-out with police on the N2
between Kokstad and Harding, after being linked to a cash-in-transit
robbery.
Magaqa, a PR councillor at uMhlathuze Local Municipality at the time of
his death, was gunned down along with colleagues Nontsikelelo Mafa and
Jabu Msiya in the uMzimkhulu area in July 2017. Magaqa died in September
due to “complications from multiple gunshot wounds”, according to
police, while Mafa and Msiya both survived.
Of the 28 suspects that had been arrested, 22 were in custody, two were
granted bail and four had been released pending further investigations.
Cele said today that eight nine-millimetre pistols, one revolver, 12
rounds of ammunition and eight magazines were recovered from the
suspects.
The police were “sharpening” their “claws”, said Cele, and suspects
should hand themselves over instead of waiting to be “found” by
authorities.
Other successes included the arrest of six suspects on Tuesday who were
linked to the killing of ANC Moses Mabhida Region activist Musawenkosi
“Maqatha” Mchunu.
“They appeared in the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court and their matter
was remanded for formal bail application to 20 September,” he said.
Cele said they were currently dealing with 137 cases linked to political
killings, up from 126 announced in July. He attributed the increase to
administrative reasons linked to the formal hand-over of open dockets to
the task team.
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