AfriForum blasts law enforcement as Mbense murder suspects remain sheltered by a collapsing system. Emmanuel Mbense was brutally killed on April 15, 2022. His body was discovered the following day in Duduza Dam in Nigel, Gauteng.His car keys and driver’s licence were in his pocket.
His car keys and driver’s licence were in his pocket. Cause of death? Blunt force trauma to the head…
At least that’s what his death certificate stated. For the last three years, his family questioned the circumstances that led to his demise. It was thanks to the testimony ofWitness D at the Madlanga Commission, Marius ‘Vlam’ van der Merwe, that the Mbense family was able to slowly piece together what led to the father of five’s brutal murder.
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During his in-camera testimony, van der Merwe alleged that 51-year-old Mbense was tortured to death and he (van der Merwe) was ordered to dispose of his body. The bed on which Emmanuel Mbense was tortured to death.
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