One of two men standing trial for the murder of G4S security officer, Mzwamadoda Peyi, failed to appear in the Gqeberha high court on Monday for the continuation of the trial after it emerged that he was in custody on another matter.
The investigation into the brazen killings and attempted murders of ANC officials in Nelson Mandela Bay has been escalated to the police’s top brass, with the elite Provincial Organised Crime Unit now hunting those responsible.
Another prominent Gqeberha man has been gunned down, this time with a single bullet to the head.The murder of Eastern Cape Black Fishers’ Association chair Xola Ngcangca who has strong ties to the ANC comes days after a failed hit on the party’s former Ward 43 secretary, Thembisile Gana, who was shot at while watching TV with his young son.