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MAYOR UNHARMED AFTER HIJACKING, KIDNAPPING ORDEAL
The Star
|June 03, 2025
Sources linking it to request for investigation of corruption
THE mayor of Sedibeng District Municipality, Lerato Maloka, has been abducted, with sources linking the incident to her recent media briefing.
During this briefing, she announced that she had requested the Gauteng provincial government to launch an investigation into corruption within the municipality.
Maloka and her driver were hijacked and kidnapped from Alberton on Friday, and both were found unharmed and reunited with their families on Saturday night, police confirmed.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Brenda Muridili said the investigations were ongoing and a manhunt for the suspects is underway.
Sources claimed a link between the abduction to a media briefing held by Maloka last week, where she announced that she had written to the Gauteng MEC for Local Government, Jacob Mamabolo, and requested a full investigation into corruption at the municipality.
She wants the investigation to focus on senior municipal officials, who she claims have paid themselves approximately one million rand from the council coffers.
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