Gauteng ANC wants comprehensive report into murders of several municipal officials
Mafole was shot on the R23 highway in Kempton Park by unknown gunmen.
Slain Ekurhuleni municipality auditor Mpho Mafole will be laid to rest on Sunday, 6 July 2025. Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/EWN.
JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng wants a comprehensive report from law enforcement authorities on investigations into the murders of several municipal officials.
This was sparked by the recent gruesome murder of the Ekurhuleni Metro’s senior auditor, Mpho Mafole.
Mafole was shot on the R23 highway in Kempton Park by unknown gunmen.
During a media briefing in Johannesburg on Wednesday, the ANC in Gauteng condemned the targeting of municipal officials.
Earlier this month, Eyewitness News reported that the murder of senior city of Ekurhuleni Auditor Mpho Mafole was connected to his investigation into the disappearance of R2 billion.
Just days before his assassination, Mafole had submitted a report and charge sheet outlining those implicated in the metro’s R2 billion shortfall.
African National Congress Gauteng co-convenor, Hope Papo, warned that the ongoing killings of auditors and municipal officials would deter others from carrying out their duties diligently, out of fear for their safety.
"The Gauteng premier, Panyaza Lesufi, must urgently engage law enforcement agencies to get a report on the cases currently being investigated and to request closed cases to be reopened in all regions."
In Tshwane, an ANC ward councillor was recently killed in a hail of bullets.