The South African Police Service (SAPS) Political Killings Task Team has made another breakthrough in the Sindiso Magaqa murder case, with the arrest of the former municipal manager of the Umzimkhulu Local Municipality.
The former municipal manager is expected to appear before the Umzimkhulu Magistrate’s Court on a charge of murder today.
The 55-year-old suspect was rearrested today in Malvern, Durban.
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He was previously arrested in 2018 alongside the late mayor of the Umzimkhulu Local Municipality, a businessman, two former police officers and a hitman.
The hitman, Sbusiso Ncengwa, was convicted to 25 years imprisonment on 7 July 2025.
Magaqa was an African National Congress Youth League Secretary General and municipal councilor. He was killed in September 2017 in KwaZulu-Natal. – SAnews.gov.za
