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Mareke was accused of being the mastermind behind the rampant extortion of schools in the area by Abathembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo.
Controversial Mthatha West traditional leader Daluxolo Mareke has been shot and killed.According to the police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Siphokazi Mawisa, the chief was one of three armed suspects who were fatally shot during the gun battle.Mthatha West Chief Daluxolo Mareke has denied allegations of extortion against schools in the area, stating that the community is unaware of such claims.
“Three armed suspects were fatally shot and one police officer was injured, following a shootout at the National Intervention Unit in Mthatha today at about 16:30.”Mareke was recently accused of being the mastermind behind the rampant extortion of schools in the area by Abathembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo.Three armed suspects were fatally shot and one police officer was injured, following a shootout at the National Intervention Unit in Mthatha today at about 16:30.
While some business owners have closed their outlets, others have fled the town after being threatened with death if they do not pay the “protection fees”.“It’s criminal. It’s not confined to the Eastern Cape and Western Cape. It’s also KZN and elsewhere. In the next few weeks, we should sort it out.
“This has grown to such an extent that we hear women in villages have to either post R50 on their window or they get raped if they don’t do that. So it has gone wild,” Mchunu said.Man arrested after stolen copper cables worth R20 million recovered in Durban scrapyard ‘We don’t have bucket toilets in schools: Gwarube says department to clear pit toilet backlog in 2025
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