LIMPOPO – In a statement issued by the Police spokesperson, Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo, he confirmed that a combined reward of up to R500 000 (250 00 each), is on offer to anyone who can supply the police with valuable information that can lead to the arrest and subsequent conviction of the suspect(s) responsible for the murders of two SAMWU members from the Vhembe region.
A R250 000 reward has been offered for each murder, he explained.
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50-year-old Ronald Mani, was gunned down at a local liquor outlet at Itsani village in just outside Thohoyandou at around 20:00 on 30 January and Timson Musetsho Tshimangadzo (Tshililo) was shot in a similar fashion outside his home at Makwarela, north of Thohoyandou on o4 January.
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He later died in hospital, said Mojapelo.
“These attacks prompted the Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba to establish a high level Task Team led by Deputy Provincial Commissioner responsible for Crime Detection, Major General Samuel Manala, to investigate these cases.”
Anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of the suspect(s) is requested to contact Brigadier James Espach at 082 576 0743, Lieutenant Colonel Paradise Nkuna at 072 299 2888 or the crime stop number 0860010111.
Any information received will be treated with the strictest form of confidentiality, he concluded.
