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Murder possibly result of hi-jacking
News Date: 05 September 2008
Louis Trichardt police are at present investigating a case of murder after the body of a Louis Trichardt resident was found with a gunshot wound under his right armpit.
According the local police spokesperson, Capt Maano Sadiki, the deceased was identified as the 43-year-old Mr Jonathan Mbulaheni, a school teacher from the Malamulele area. His body was discovered on Tuesday at about 18:30 next to the railway line along the
Capt Sadiki said deceased was last seen driving around in a maroon Opel Corsa on Sunday. The possibility of hi-jacking is not ruled out. The Opel Corsa was later found abandoned at
Capt Sadiki urged members of the public who might be able to assist them in their investigation, to contact Detective Inspector Tshikotshi at any time at Tel 082 319 9638.
Following Tuesday’s murder case, local police have also opened an inquest docket after the badly decomposed body of a man was found hanging from a tree in the park opposite the information centre inWritten by
Andries van Zyl
Andries joined the Zoutpansberger and Limpopo Mirror in April 1993 as a darkroom assistant. Within a couple of months he moved over to the production side of the newspaper and eventually doubled as a reporter. In 1995 he left the newspaper group and travelled overseas for a couple of months. In 1996, Andries rejoined the Zoutpansberger as a reporter. In August 2002, he was appointed as News Editor of the Zoutpansberger, a position he holds until today.
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