{"id":47160,"date":"2023-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=2e37ede46a36f1616b19158437c76d74"},"modified":"2023-01-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T00:00:00","slug":"two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Two additional suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a councillor and his friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

MKHONDO – The suspects, Blessing Nhlakanipho Ntombela (30) and Blessing Bongani Dlamini (38) appeared briefly before the Piet Retief Magistrate\u2019s Court on the charges of Murder and attempted murder.<\/P>

<\/P>

The case has been postponed to 30 January, 2023 for a formal bail application. They were both remanded in custody.<\/P>

<\/P>

They we arrested yesterday Sunday at Mkhondo in relation to the murder of a ward Councillor Mr Sbonelo (Mthembu) Ntshangase (36), and his friends Mr Sandile Khumalo (51) and Mr Sizwe Mbingo (40).<\/P>

<\/P>

According to the report, the victims were allegedly shot by armed suspects in Mkhondo, also known as Piet Retief. It is further alleged that the suspects reportedly fired multiple shots at Mr Ntshangase who was in the yard, and also shot Mr Mbingo inside a bakkie who sadly died at the scene whilst Mr Khumalo was shot in the yard as well. Thereafter the suspects fled to unknown direction.<\/P>

<\/P>

The Provincial Commissioner of Mpumalanga Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela has vowed that more arrests are eminent pending the continuing investigation.<\/P>

<\/P>

<\/P>

Source: South African Police Service<\/P>

<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MKHONDO – The suspects, Blessing Nhlakanipho Ntombela (30) and Blessing Bongani Dlamini (38) appeared briefly before the Piet Retief Magistrate\u2019s Court on the charges of Murder and attempted murder.The case has been postponed to 30 January, 2023 for a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nTwo additional suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a councillor and his friends - Times South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two additional suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a councillor and his friends - Times South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MKHONDO - The suspects, Blessing Nhlakanipho Ntombela (30) and Blessing Bongani Dlamini (38) appeared briefly before the Piet Retief Magistrate\u2019s Court on the charges of Murder and attempted murder.The case has been postponed to 30 January, 2023 for a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Times South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-23T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TSA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TSA\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TSA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3b17cd6e128204bbcfbfa7ed541048b1\"},\"headline\":\"Two additional suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a councillor and his friends\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-23T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-23T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/\"},\"wordCount\":186,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"General\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/\",\"name\":\"Two additional suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a councillor and his friends - Times South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-23T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-23T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Two additional suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a councillor and his friends\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/\",\"name\":\"Times South Africa\",\"description\":\"Where Africa Comes First\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Times South Africa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/22.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/22.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":57,\"caption\":\"Times South Africa\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3b17cd6e128204bbcfbfa7ed541048b1\",\"name\":\"TSA\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff4aa10d4f36ab9dc3cce9e101792273?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff4aa10d4f36ab9dc3cce9e101792273?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"TSA\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/author\/tsa\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Two additional suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a councillor and his friends - Times South Africa","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Two additional suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a councillor and his friends - Times South Africa","og_description":"MKHONDO - The suspects, Blessing Nhlakanipho Ntombela (30) and Blessing Bongani Dlamini (38) appeared briefly before the Piet Retief Magistrate\u2019s Court on the charges of Murder and attempted murder.The case has been postponed to 30 January, 2023 for a ...","og_url":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/","og_site_name":"Times South Africa","article_published_time":"2023-01-23T00:00:00+00:00","author":"TSA","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TSA","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/"},"author":{"name":"TSA","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3b17cd6e128204bbcfbfa7ed541048b1"},"headline":"Two additional suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a councillor and his friends","datePublished":"2023-01-23T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-23T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/"},"wordCount":186,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["General"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/","url":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/","name":"Two additional suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a councillor and his friends - Times South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-01-23T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-23T00:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/two-additional-suspects-arrested-in-connection-with-the-murder-of-a-councillor-and-his-friends\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Two additional suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a councillor and his friends"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/","name":"Times South Africa","description":"Where Africa Comes First","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#organization","name":"Times South Africa","url":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/22.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/22.png","width":200,"height":57,"caption":"Times South Africa"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3b17cd6e128204bbcfbfa7ed541048b1","name":"TSA","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff4aa10d4f36ab9dc3cce9e101792273?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff4aa10d4f36ab9dc3cce9e101792273?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"TSA"},"url":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/author\/tsa\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}