Khanyiswa Mthethwa (32) and Nomvula Dlamini (53) were sentenced to life imprisonment in the High Court in Standerton the past week for the murder of Mr Yandisa Marongo.
Mr Marongo’s decomposing body was found on the R150 Road between Standerton and Leandra on 18 November 2014.
He was shot in the head and police discovered that some of his belongings such as cell phones, a laptop, sound system as well as his Blue Audi TDi, were missing from his house.
His family identified the body on 24 November. An empty shell-casing was found at the scene.
Mr Marongo was the suspended senior manager of legal services at the Lekwa Municipality and his suspension followed after alleged involvement in the sale of the Rooikoppen Taxi Rank.
A memorial service at the Thusong Centre was held on 27 November and he was laid to rest in East London on 6 December.
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The Standerton Advertiser kept abreast of what was happening and a search through the archives showed that the taxi rank in Rooikoppen was vandalised after it was upgraded at a cost of R10-million.
The former spokesman of the municipality, Mr Spiho Mkwanazi, then said the rank was not sold as per Sanco’s claim, because no money was deposited in the municipal account.
Former municipal manager, Mr Linda Tshabalala, said the land next to the rank was sold after council agreed to it.
Mr Tshabalala also said Messrs Marongo and Orapeleng Dipone, also deceased, signed off the processing of the sale.
The municipality later discovered that BHR Consulting Proprietary Limited did not deposit the money in the municipal account, and alleged that it was paid into Mr Marongo’s account.
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