Hitman in shocking Mkhondo political killing is from KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga police say
Piet Retief – Police in Mpumalanga have revealed that the hitman detained for allegedly killing a councillor and two others in Mkhondo is from Mbumbulu in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
The unnamed suspect who was due to appear in the Piet Retief Magistrate’s Court on Thursday was detained and charged with killing Sibonelo Mthembu (also known as Ntshangase), a councillor of the ANC in the Mkhondo local municipality.
He also allegedly killed Sandile Khumalo, 51, and Sizwe Mbingo, 40, at about 8pm at Longhomes township in Piet Retief along the South Africa-eSwatini border.
In a statement on Wednesday evening, the police in Mpumalanga revealed the suspect is from Durban.
“The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela, has expressed her gratitude to the assembled team after they arrested one more suspect, 40.
