Durban-based detective’s body found in open field
The head of the Hawks, Godfrey Lebeya has called for speedy arrests in the murder case of a Durban-based detective.
The body of Lieutenant Colonel Sikhetho Mawila was found in the Tsakane township in Gauteng on Monday.
Hawk's spokesperson, Philane Nkwalase, says Mawila's family last spoke to him on Saturday before he left his home in the township to travel to Durban for work.
"The member informed the family before embarking on the journey that he would pass by a filling station in Heidelberg to fill up petrol before embarking on his way to Durban.”
"The family became concerned when they were not able to reach him on both his private and official cell phone. They later reported him as a missing person."
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Nkwalase says Mawila's body was discovered by a passerby in an open field.
Officials suspect he was hijacked.
"Police found a body of an African male, which sustained head injuries, two gunshot wounds and three stab- wounds. The deceased was positively identified by members of his family."
Mawila formed part of the Hawks’ Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Investigation team.
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