KZN traditional healer arrested for allegedly masterminding triple murder

The PKTT has made a significant breakthrough in the 2020 triple murder of ANCYL member Thamsanqa Kingdom Gcabashe and eThekwini Metro Police officials Lindokuhle Madonsela and Ndumiso Thusi. On 26 May 2020, Gcabashe was shot and killed outside his home in Section G, Mpumalanga Township, KZN. Fourteen days later, on 9 June 2020, Madonsela and Thusi were ambushed while reporting for duty.

“Investigations later revealed that Gcabashe was not the intended target but was allegedly killed after the hitmen mistook him for metro police officer Lindokuhle Madonsela,” South African Police Service (Saps) spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said on Friday. When the officers were murdered, Thusi had arrived to collect Madonsela just as gunmen opened fire on their vehicle. Both officers died at the scene.

“Following the mistaken killing of Gcabashe, the suspects allegedly regrouped and tracked down their intended target, resulting in the fatal shooting of Madonsela and his colleague, Officer Thusi,” Mathe said. The Political Killings Task Team has since identified, linked, arrested and charged six suspects in connection with the murders. To date, the nabbed suspects are the traditional healer, Fana Shabalala; Zamokuhle Nyandu; Mthokozisi Ntando Blose; ANC branch committee member from Hammersdale, Holy Shozi; and Sandile Msezane. The accused face charges relating to murder and conspiracy to commit murder.