The recently toppled mayor of Mpumalanga’s Mkhondo Local Municipality in Piet Retief, Mthokozisi Simelane, has filed court papers in the Mpumalanga High Court in a bid to return to power.
A fifth suspect, arrested for the assassination of ANC councillor, Sibonelo Mthembu (36), in Mkhondo (Piet Retief) is expected to appear in the local court on Wednesday.
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Former Mkhondo Local Municipality Mayor Vusi Motha and a local security company boss Sifiso Sangweni were arrested and they made their first appearance in the Piet Retief Magistrate s Court on Tuesday.