Umgeni Water tender kingpin murdered
6 Feb 2021
Motive: Umgeni employees said the late Sibonelo Shinga had ‘captured’ former chief executive Thami Hlongwa (above). Other parties allegedly wanted a cut of Shinga’s business with the utility. Photo: Umgeni Water
A prominent businessman at the centre of allegations of the “capture” of Umgeni Water’s board has been shot dead in what appears to have been a targeted assassination.
On 26 January, Sibonelo Hertzog Shinga, 51, the sole director of IT consultancy Raminet Technologies and MPS Strategic Solutions, was killed while travelling from a family funeral in Durban to the King Shaka International Airport.