Police investigate deaths of former councillor, car crash victims
A former municipal councillor was allegedly kidnapped and killed and five people died in a car crash this week.
KAMHLUSHWA – A former Nkomazi Local Municipality (NLM) councillor, Mr Victor Mashabane, was found fatally shot in his vehicle on Tuesday night.
The 55-year-old was an NLM councillor from 2000 to 2005.
According to provincial SAPS spokesman Brig Leonard Hlathi, Mashabane was allegedly kidnapped at the gate of his house in kaMhlushwa.
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Information police received indicated that an unknown number of men forced him into his vehicle and they drove off. He was later found dead, in the same vehicle, with a gunshot wound.
Police are investigating the incident and anyone with information on the kidnapping and murder is urged to contact Det Cpt Pat Banda on 082-449-0291.
Six people have also been killed on the roads over the past two days.
Yesterday around 23:30, the driver of a bakkie lost control of the vehicle on the N4 between the Marloth Park and Tenbosch turn-off.
It collided head-on with a truck and five people, including a baby, died. One person was seriously injured and transported to Tonga Hospital.
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This accident follows another one just outside Malalane on Wednesday night, where a man was killed. Read about it here.
