During peak State Capture (2016/17), a core group of investigators at the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid), probing corruption in senior SAPS ranks, faced relentless harassment including suspensions, trumped-up charges, death threats, disciplinaries and murder.
The Pretoria high court has assured the family of the late Ipid investigator Mandla Mahlangu, who was shot dead in a suspected hit disguised as an armed robbery in 2020, that the trial will start on May 30.
The deceased Blessing Zikhali was accused of stealing a Manchester United t-shirt from a washing line.
Zikhali, 30, died on Wednesday after he was allegedly brutally assaulted at the neighboring house where Khumbulani Sithole also known as Sniper, an umalayitsha (cross-border transporter) brandished a pistol to frighten people from rescuing his victim.
Zikhaliâs family held the funeral service at Sitholeâs home, three houses away from theirs.
Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube said two people â Farai Fero and Fortune Ngwenya â have been arrested over the murder.
The Chronicle reports that its news crew attended the service but members of the Sithole family were not at home.