A Msunduzi Municipality bodyguard who was being investigated for possible links to political killings in KwaZulu-Natal was shot dead at midnight on New Year’s Eve.
One of KwaZulu-Natal’s police spokespersons, Colonel Thembeka Mbhele, said 34-year-old Jabulani Mngoma, was gunned down outside his home in a township near Pietermaritzburg early on New Year's Day.
He was taken to hospital where he later died.
A case of murder was opened at the Plessislaer police station for investigation,” said Mbhele.
She said the motive for the killing was unclear and that family and friends witnessed the shooting, which took place while fireworks displays lit up the night sky.
Mngoma was the bodyguard to Msunduzi Municipality speaker, Jabu Ngubo.
He was arrested days earlier in connection with the murder of ANC ward 12 branch chairperson Nathi Hlongwa, who was killed in June 2016.
Mngoma was arrested by members of the South African Police Service’s special task team, which was assembled by Police Minister Bheki Cele to probe politically motivated killings in the province.
- African News Agency (ANA);
