Limpopo police offers another reward of up to R250K for information on the murder of Venda taxi owner
This reward follows three other rewards of up to R250 000 which were recently issued for each of the murders that were committed in the same cluster, bringing the total reward offered to an estimated R1 million.
LIMPOPO – In a statement released, Police spokesperson, Col Moatshe Ngoepe says the provincial police have extend their efforts by offering additional reward into the spate of murder incidents in Thohoyandou. “The Police are offering a R250 000 monetary reward for the arrest and subsequent conviction of the suspects responsible for the 2017 murder of Tshishonga Peter Nthambeleni (49), a taxi owner at Manini village outside Thohoyandou.”
According to police reports, Nthambeleni who was a taxi owner and Secretary of the Long Distance Taxi Association in Venda, was shot and killed by three unknown suspects while with his friends at a local car wash in Manini village, outside Thohoyandou, on 9 August 2017.
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Ngoepe explains that this reward follows three other rewards of up to R250 000 which were recently issued for each of the murders that were committed in the same Cluster. The amount is calculated up to R1 million for any information that can lead to the arrest and subsequent conviction of the suspects responsible for these serious crimes.
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba, has since established a special task team which is rolling out vigorous investigations into all four cases, until people responsible are brought to book.
The motive behind this incident is not yet known at this stage, but ongoing Police investigations will tell. Police urges anyone with information that can help the Police to arrest the suspect(s) involved in this murder, to contact Brigadier James Espach at 082 576 0744. Alternatively they can also contact the 24-hour Crime Stop number on 08600 10111 or the Crime Line SMS 32211.
The information received, will always be under high confidentiality, Ngoepe concludes.
