Police Minister, Bheki Cele, Deputy Minister, Cassel Mathale, and National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola have visited the households of the three individuals who had been killed in Mkhondo, Mpumalanga final week. Among the deceased is African National Congress (ANC) councillor, Sbonelo Ntshangase.
Ntshangase and Sizwe Mbingo and Sandile Khumalo had been gunned down by unknown suspects within the Ethandukukhanya Township.
Tensions ran excessive between Cele and ANC members exterior the house of Ntshangase. The ANC members accused each the nationwide and provincial government of doing very little to curb political killings.
Ntshangase is the second councillor to be killed in an area of two months. Last month, one other councillor Muzi Manyathi was shot and killed at a filling station within the space.
Cele admitted loads wants to be carried out by the police to take care of political tensions and killings in Mkhondo.
“That understanding of tensions, the root cause is the non-arrest of the perpetrators. Some of them are really known, they have names but ours as the police is not to come and repeat the names, we need to put the face to those names. But because we have met the police management and identified gaps on those, maybe the approach we used in other areas where there are political killings like KZN is the same approach, we are going to use,” says Cele.
VIDEO: Police high brass go to households of three folks killed in Mkhondo, Mpumalanga
Ntshangase’s youthful sister, Lindokuhle Lukhele says their household remains to be shocked following the homicide of her brother and the 2 others.
“We are very devastated as the family upon the tragedy that has happened. It is very hard to believe what has happened. We hope and believe that police will arrest soon.”
ANC Chairperson in Mpumalanga, Mandla Ndhlovu has additionally referred to as on the police to intensify their investigations.
“We came here last year to bury our own comrade, the deputy chairperson, Muzi Manyathi. The assassin, according to the information we have, is known. We have engaged the Minister and he is here. There is a commitment that has been made by the minister that they will pay a special attention to the political killing here in Mkhondo,” says Ndhlovu.
Some members of the group say they’re now dwelling in worry following the latest killings.
VIDEO: Mkhondo group shocked, dwelling in worry following killings 3 together with councillor:
