Media invitation: MEC For Community Safety and Acting Provincial Commissioner to have media briefing regarding Pienaar shooting

Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner Mpumalanga
 

NELSPRUIT – The MEC for Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Mr Jackie Macie and The Acting Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Major General (Dr) Zeph Mkhwanazi will brief the media regarding the progress thus far in relation to the mass shooting incident. During the incident that occurred in the early hours of Saturday, 11 January 2024, eight people were killed whilst three others sustained some injuries at a tavern in Pienaar.

One of the suspects, Bongani Patrick Nkosi (39), has already appeared at the Kabokweni Magistrate Court.

The nation will be briefed by the MEC and the Acting PC on the developments of the case.

Both electronic and print media are invited as follows:
Date: 15 January 2025 (Wednesday)
Venue: 7 Ferreira Street, Mpumalanga Provincial Head Office, 4^th floor, Provincial Commissioner’s Boardroom, Nelspruit (Mbombela)
Time: 13:00
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