Maroela Media reports that a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Mpumalanga mine manager has been granted bail of R20,000 in the Carolina Magistrate’s Court.

Xolane Simelane, 38, is accused of the murder of a manager of the Carolina mine. It is not known if the accused was known to the manager or whether he worked at the mine. He will appear in court again on 29 April. According to information that the police made known on 29 January, the manager was shot just before she was about to leave her workplace for the day. She was in her Toyota bakkie when she was shot. The police and paramedics found the victim motionless behind the wheel of her vehicle, which had been started. She suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and was declared dead at the scene. The suspect was arrested a few weeks later.

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