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More tough questions for Ekhuruleni mayor over DJ’s murder

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There is a long list of burning questions piling up at the door of the Ekhuruleni mayor’s office these days. News24 investigations’ Sikonathi Mantshantasha is finally revealing that Mayor Nkosindiphile Xakhaza was at the scene of the 2023 nightclub murder of DJ Bongani Mfihlo, whom Xakhaza spent the night with. And the very same gunman implicated in the DJ’s murder also stands accused of snuffing out the life of top City auditor Mpho Mafole. Later, in our trending topic, a horror crash involving a scholar transport vehicle and a truck has left at least 13 children dead in Vanderbijlpark. Finally, protests erupted amid the English cricket “rebel tour” of apartheid South Africa, On This Day in SA History, heard later. Comment below and send our host, broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer, a voice note: 072 562 3179. To advertise: thelead@24.com. Full editions drop Monday through Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube. The show is fully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, and quality-checked by Simon Sonnekus.
Chapters
  • 00:01 Graeme's intro
  • 01:41 Crossing to Sikonathi on the latest re: Hunted
  • 12:30 Is Mr Mayor the only state witness in the DJ's case?
  • 19:03 Trending topic: Vaal accident claims 13 lives
  • 20:33 AD: Listen Up!
  • 21:26 Finally: On This Day in SA History / Rauby's Pointless Braai Quiz
19 Jan English South Africa News · Society & Culture

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