Overview
- Police say Witness D was gunned down around 8:30 p.m. outside his Brenthurst, Brakpan home east of Johannesburg, with no arrests reported.
- Nearby CCTV recorded a suspected getaway vehicle, and investigators have linked a white Nissan NP200 with a canopy to the scene.
- The witness had testified behind closed doors in November that suspended EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi ordered him to dump a detainee’s body in 2022.
- Acting Gauteng police commissioner Fred Kekana said two shots were fired as he opened his gate and that his wife was unharmed.
- The Ramaphosa-appointed commission led by Mbuyiseli Madlanga is probing alleged ties between politicians, police and criminal networks, and both Senzo Mchunu and Mkhwanazi deny wrongdoing.