Man sentenced for life imprisonment for murder of top IPID investigator, Mandla Mahlangu. Image: SAPS
Man gets life imprisonment for murdering IPID investigator
Ipid investigator Mandla Mahlangu was murdered in March 2020 and his killer, Khumbulani Johannes Sithole has been jailed for life
Man sentenced for life imprisonment for murder of top IPID investigator, Mandla Mahlangu. Image: SAPS
The man was found guilty of murdering Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) investigator Mandla Mahlangu and has been jailed for life.
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INVESTIGATOR MURDERED IN MARCH 2020
Mahlangu was shot dead in a hit disguised as an armed robbery.
Judge Papi Mosopa also sentenced Khumbulani Johannes Sithole to 15 years for housebreaking, eight years for theft, five years for possession of an unlawful firearm, and two years for possession of ammunition, as reported by SowetanLive.
TimesLIVE previously reported that according to police, a group of men arrived at a plot in Cullinan where Mahlangu was staying in March 2020.
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According to police, a group of men arrived at Mahlangu’s game farm near Cullinan at about 3:30 on 11 March 2020. They held him and a worker at gunpoint and shot Mahlangu. The suspects fled with his vehicle and household items.
MAHLANGU WAS TOP IPID INVESTIGATOR
Before his death, Mahlangu was part of a team investigating high-profile cases against several police officers. This includes a case involving suspended acting police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane.
He was due to testify in an internal crime-intelligence inquiry into an alleged ‘jobs-for-favours’ scheme within the police service.’
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According to previous media reports, a hitman ordered his assassination, which was paid for by the police.
Sithole, who is originally from KwaZulu-Natal, lived at the Vosloorus hostel and was accused of involvement in taxi violence in and around Gauteng. He was also sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a Vosloorus taxi boss in May last year.
Sithole applied for leave to appeal the conviction which will be heard next week. His attorney John Makama said he has filed heads of argument in this regarding the situation.
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