Manana welcomes the
detention of a “hit list” suspect
Media Statement
25 March 2010
Mpumalanga Safety, Security and Liaison
MEC, Sibongile Manana welcomes the
detention of a suspect linked to the
existence of the alleged hit list.
Manana commends the Mpumalanga police
for detention Mr. James Nkambule who is
reportedly linked to the hit list.
Nkambule was detained today (Thursday,
25 March 2010), after he was implicated
by police sources.
“We commend our police for the progress
made so far in detaining the suspect
although there is still a lot of work to
be done to ultimately bring all people
involved in the hit list matter to book.
It shows that the approach of
investigating cases in order to arrest,
rather than arresting suspects in order
to investigate is working,” says Manana.
The MEC would like to indicate that
investigations into the other murder
cases involving Sammy Mpatlanyane and
Jimmy Mohlala are well underway.
Police will continue to follow all leads
into these cases, and arrests will be
made where it is deemed necessary, based
on the investigations.
The detention comes six weeks after the
office of the MEC received a fax from a
local internet shop in Nelspruit. The
fax had a list of ten individuals who
were allegedly targeted for
assassination by a group of unknown
people.
The names included those of the late
Sammy Mpatlanyane and Jimmy Mohlala. A
copy of the fax was at the same time
sent to the police for investigation
into the existence of such a list.
Issued by Mpumalanga Department of
Safety, Security and Liaison
Enquiries: Joseph Mabuza
Tel: 013 766 4055
Cell: 082 678 1450
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