Mpumalanga Community Safety, Security
and Liaison MEC Vusi Shongwe has condemned the heartless murder of one his most
dedicated and hard working senior traffic officers in the department, Johannes
Mahlangu on Saturday around 14h00.
Mahlangu was visiting his family at
Vlaklagte no. 2 and while he was driving out of his family’s house, a speeding
sedan stopped near the gate and one of occupants fired several shots at Mahlangu.
He was rushed to a nearby clinic where he died. A murder docket was opened at
Kwaggafontein Police Station and the motive is not yet known.
Mahlangu was a Cost Centre Head of the
department’s Middelburg traffic office. MEC Shongwe has condemned the murder saying
police should ensure that the perpetrators are apprehended as a matter of
urgency. He said the Criminal Justice should also ensure that those responsible
receive maximum permissible sentences.
Shongwe has also called on community
members who have information to come forward inorder to assist the police.
Meanwhile, Mr. William Sokhulu
Skhosana who was a presenter at Ikwekwezi FM died after the Isizu bakkie he was
driving overturned on Friday at about 21h00 near Kwamhlanga on the Sheldon/
Kwamhlanga road (R515). The passenger he was travelling with sustained serious
injuries and was taken to hospital.
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