{"id":236806,"date":"2022-09-12T09:47:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T07:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/fifth-person-arrested-for-murder-of-collins-chabane-municipality-mayor\/"},"modified":"2022-09-12T09:47:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T07:47:33","slug":"fifth-person-arrested-for-murder-of-collins-chabane-municipality-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/fifth-person-arrested-for-murder-of-collins-chabane-municipality-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifth person arrested for murder of Collins Chabane Municipality mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202209\/arrest.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>A team of investigators assigned to probe the murder of late Collins Chabane Municipality mayor, Moses Maluleke, has positively linked a suspect to the killing, says the South African Police Service (SAPS).<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was recently arrested along with three other people nabbed for a spate of serious crimes.<\/p>\n<p>This linkage brings the total number of suspects arrested for the murder of the Mayor to five, said Limpopo SAPS spokesperson, Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor was shot and killed at his home on 21 July 2022. His 18-year-old son was also shot and injured during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Mojapelo said: \u201cThe Vhembe Trio Crimes Task Team received information about the location of the suspects who were committing a spate of business robberies, carjackings, murders, rapes and burglaries committed in Thohoyandou, Mphephu, Siloam, Vuwani and Levubu policing areas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The information was operationalised, which led the team to different locations at Ha-Mutodi, Duthuni, Shayandima and Thohoyandou Block F, where the four suspects were arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, aged between 21 and 44, were soon after their arrests subjected to further probes, which positively linked the 30 year-old to the murder of the Mayor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe probe also linked the same suspect to the murder of a Thohoyandou Lawyer, Mr Mangwadu, who was attached to the Legal Aid, was shot and killed in January 2022 when entering his home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, commended the team for conducting a well-coordinated operation that led to the arrests.<\/p>\n<p>She also hailed the investigators for their meticulous investigations that positively linked one of the suspects to the murder of the Mayor.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect will today appear in Malamulele Magistrate Court facing a charge of murder. Meanwhile, the other four accused are scheduled to appear in the same court on 19 September 2022. \u2013 <strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of investigators assigned to probe the murder of late Collins Chabane Municipality mayor, Moses Maluleke, has positively linked a suspect to the killing, says the South African Police Service (SAPS). The suspect was recently arrested along with three other people nabbed for a spate of serious crimes. 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