from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 16 Mar 19:07
https://sh.itjust.works/post/56915274
A former member of an elite police unit has been charged with the murder of a whistleblower who testified at a major police corruption inquiry in South Africa.
Matipandile Sotheni, 41, appeared in court accused of killing Marius van der Merwe in December last year.
Sotheni is accused of shooting dead Van der Merwe in full view of his family in a case that caused national outrage. He has not commented on the charges.
Van der Merwe, identified only as “Witness D” during his appearance at the inquiry, known as the Madlanga commission, had implicated police officials in the torture and murder of a suspected robber in his testimony.
His testimony was seen as blowing the lid on the extent of police corruption at a local level in South Africa and led to the suspension of several of the officers he had named.
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