Staff Reporter
Police have deployed the provincial murder and robbery unit to investigate the killing of prominent Mahikeng crime activist and traditional healer Thato Molosankwe, who was gunned down early on Wednesday.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said Molosankwe was attacked at his home in Lomanyaneng village.
“He sustained multiple gunshot wounds,” she said in a statement.
“The Acting National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane, has directed the North West Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Ryno Naidoo, to ensure maximum resources are deployed to hunt down the killers of vocal Mahikeng-born crime activist and traditional healer, Mr Thato Molosankwe,” Mathe said.
She said Dimpane “strongly condemned the brutal murder and assured the community that no stone will be left unturned until those responsible are found and brought to book”.
According to local police, Molosankwe was a “community-minded individual” who played an important role
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