By Akani Nkuna
The Democratic Alliance has expressed its support for the creation of a specialised unit tasked with investigating political killings in Mpumalanga.
It said this was an acknowledgement that urgent action was needed to address the escalating violence and provide swift justice for victims and families.
DA community spokesperson Teboho Sekaledi urged community safety MEC Jackie Macie to make available all necessary resources that would help the unit “make a breakthrough on these cases”.
Mpumalanga has been plagued by high-profile political killings since 1998.
They include former Mbombela speaker Jimmy Mohlala, former spokesperson for the province’s sports department, Sammy Mpatlanyane, and Johan Ndlovu, who was the chief whip for Ehlanzeni District Municipality.
“Those political killings became known as “January murders” after Mohlala, Mpatlanyane and Ndlovu were killed respectively on the 4th, 8th and 5th of January in 2009, January 2010, and January 2011.
Their assassinations have not yet
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