Overview
- Gauteng’s Political Killings Task Team recovered a body in Delmas and the family has positively identified it as 51-year-old EFF member Aaron Makola.
- Preliminary police findings indicate Makola was shot and his body was dumped in bushland, and investigators describe the matter as a homicide.
- Makola was reported missing from Bronkhorstspruit earlier this month and his vehicle was found abandoned the day after he disappeared.
- Authorities say the PKTT opened a formal investigation after engaging with Makola’s family and have moved the probe into an advanced phase to find perpetrators.
- The case highlights the PKTT’s role in politically sensitive killings and will require cross‑provincial police coordination as investigators seek motive, make arrests, and address family and party concerns; a separate Durban shooting that left a man critically injured is also under SAPS investigation.