EASTERN CAPE – Police Minister, General Bheki Cele and management of the South African Police Service led by National Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola will on Thursday 26 May 2022, visit the Mthatha police station in the Eastern Cape, following policing concerns emanating from the service delivery of the station.

The visit also comes at a time when Eastern Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nomthetheleli Mene ordered a manhunt for the murderer of  Namhla Mtwa who was shot and killed inside her car by an unknown suspect while she was arriving in her Sidwadwa based home in Mthatha.

The 35-year-old sustained gunshot wounds to her upper body and was declared dead at the scene.

The brutal killing of Mtwa has again shone the spotlight on gender based violence and femicide GBVF, a crime that remains a priority for the SAPS.

Members of the media will be briefed after the high level police engagement.

Source: South African Police Service