\n \t\t\t \t\t\t
![\"iol](\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/7ec98_2829518803.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/p>\n \t
\n \t\t\t \t\t\t <\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t \t\t <\/p>\n
Durban – Durban crime-fighter Mandla Nhlozi, 35, who was employed by the eThekwini Municipality in the Safer Cities Department was stabbed to death on the M13 near Westville in a suspected botched hijacking on Wednesday, police said on Thursday. <\/p>\n
It is believed that Nhlozi may have tried to fight back when he was attacked. <\/p>\n
His best friend and colleague, Mxo Shange, said Nhlozi was found lying on the road next to his car. <\/p>\n
The police told Shange that Nhlozi might have been attacked by a stranger whom he was giving a lift, or he might have stopped to answer his phone when he was attacked. <\/p>\n
Nhlozi\u2019s wallet, clothes and cellphone were stolen. <\/p>\n
Nhlozi\u2019s voice was well known in Durban\u2019s townships for his work with KwaMashu\u2019s Vibe FM. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
His mother, Geraldina Mthembu, was inconsolable. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was brought to the scene, I thought I was going to see my son alive, in an ambulance or alive in hospital,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut when I got there and when I saw the police cars, I realised he was gone.\u201d <\/p>\n
Kloof ward councillor Rick Crouch said he was shocked by Nhlozi\u2019s death. <\/p>\n
\u201cMany residents in the Upper Highway area have interacted with Mandla during his anti-crime activities,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Crouch described Nhlozi as a hardworking and dedicated crime-fighter devoted to \u201cmaking his assigned area of responsibility, the Upper Highway, a safer place for all. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a fixture at community policing forum and other community meetings. I was devastated when I received the phone call. <\/p>\n
\u201cI worked with Mandla on a daily basis and he was always available to serve the public, day or night. Mandla and the hard work he did in the Upper Highway will be missed,\u201d said Crouch. <\/p>\n
Police spokesman Thulani Zwane confirmed the killing. <\/p>\n
No arrests have been made.\u2019 <\/p>\n
The Mercury<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Durban – Durban crime-fighter Mandla Nhlozi, 35, who was employed by the eThekwini Municipality in the Safer Cities Department was stabbed to death on the M13 near Westville in a suspected botched hijacking on Wednesday, police said on Thursday. It is believed that Nhlozi may have tried to fight back when he was attacked. His […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[8275,953,2143],"class_list":{"0":"post-19728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-durban","8":"tag-newspaper","9":"tag-the-mercury","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}