Police arrest one, hunt second suspect in killing of Ekurhuleni Chief Auditor

By Thapelo Molefe

Gauteng police have made an arrest and initiated a widespread search for another suspect linked to the murder of Mpho Mafole, Chief Auditor of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.

Mafole was fatally shot in Kempton Park earlier this month.

Over the weekend, detectives from the Provincial Serious and Violent Crime Unit apprehended a 40-year-old man connected to the case.

The suspect is scheduled to appear in the Kempton Park Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

Authorities continued their hunt last night for a second suspect, Hlanganani Agripper Mncwango, following the issuance of an arrest warrant by the court.

Mafole’s investigations included a high-profile electricity billing scandal amounting to over R2 billion in irregularities.

He was also probing infrastructure projects in Germiston, where costs allegedly surged from R190 million to more than R300 million.

Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi on Tuesday confirmed that the two suspects are believed to have