A law graduate who quit his internship in Mpumalanga after he was robbed twice was killed in an apparent hijacking as he drove an e-hailing vehicle in Midrand, Gauteng.
Melithemba said his brother’s WhatsApp revealed he was last online at 5pm on Friday. This, combined with the fact that they couldn’t find him when they went to his home, worried the family. It sparked a frantic search for the UJ graduate.
Mnguni’s friend called the detective immediately and was initially told that they had found Mnguni’s car but not him. He apparently asked to meet the friend and after some back and forth, decided to meet at the nearest police station. I always go through this in support of others. I did not know it would hit closer to home like this. It’s something I've fought against and have been passionate aboutMelithemba was able to get details of his brother’s last trip through the e-hailing platform’s system and it apparently showed that Mnguni had one trip prior and that it was during the second oneHe took the suspects from Glen Austin to Noordwyk and “just before arriving, that’s when they hijacked and shot him”.
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