A Nongoma municipal official has been arrested for last year’s murder of the municipality’s internal auditor‚ Archie Duma. The arrest‚ announced by police on Wednesday‚ brings the number of arrested people to two. Police spokesperson Col Thembeka Mbhele said the 39-year-old was arrested on Wednesday in the KwaHolinyoka area‚ outside Nongoma‚ by the provincial organised crime investigating unit‚ together with a team from the national intervention unit. Duma was gunned down on August 16 last year. Mbhele said Duma had just finished with a meeting at about 4.30pm when he was shot six times. Mbhele said the detectives had first made a breakthrough in March when they arrested Phakamani Mthembu‚ in Secunda, Mpumalanga. "Phakamani was charged with the murder of Duma and he appeared at the Nongoma Regional Court‚" he said‚ adding that he was expected to appear again next week for a formal bail hearing. But after following up on leads‚ the provincial organised crime investigating unit detect...
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