The Citizen reports that police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of Ekurhuleni municipality’s senior auditor, Mpho Mafole.
The 47-year-old Mafole, who was the city’s group divisional head for corporate and forensic audits, was gunned down last month. He had only been in the position for three months when he was killed. The 40-year-old suspect is expected to appear before the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. A police spokesperson said they were looking for a second suspect linked to the murder. Mafole had been driving along the R23 in Kempton Park when he was shot and killed near Esselen Park by unknown suspects. Police officers found Mafole lying in his car with gunshot wounds just before 6pm. Mafole and his team were probing a massive electricity billing scandal that cost the City of Ekurhuleni more than R2 billion when he was killed. Parliament’s cooperative governance and traditional affairs portfolio committee chair Dr Zweli Mkhize said the nature of Mafole’s work underscored the often-dangerous responsibilities undertaken by those at the forefront of rooting out corruption in public institutions.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Faizel Patel at The Citizen
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