GAUTENG member of the provincial legislature (MPL) and former ANC deputy chairperson in Tswhwane, Mapiti Matsena, was stabbed to death in his home in Doornpoort, Pretoria, according to the provincial legislature.
Police confirmed on Thursday that Matsena was with his family at their house at Holy Hock Street in Doornpoort when he was attacked and fatally stabbed in the chest on Wednesday evening.
According to initial reports, members of Sinolville SAPS responded to a call at about 22:52.
The police found the deceased on the floor in the main bedroom.
Paramedics were summoned and declared him dead after attempts to resuscitate him failed.
The police said Matsena went to the toilet when the suspect gained entry through the unlocked outside glass door.
“The suspect allegedly covered the deceased’s wife with a blanket. The wife ran out and called her son, Mokwele Matsena, from the other house on the premises who
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