Inkosi Zuma faces third murder charge

INKOSI Simphiwe Zuma has become one of the most high-profile figures facing charges under the KwaZulu-Natal’s Political Killings Task Team, which has become a power tussle between National Commissioner of Police General Fannie Masemola, acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia and President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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Zuma will be due back in the Howick Magistrate’s Court tomorrow to face a fresh murder charge, bringing the number of cases against him to three.

The traditional leader of the Nxamalala Tribal Authority was last week formally charged with the 2022 murder of Xolani Ntombela-Ndlovu, who was gunned down at his home in eMasosheni near Mpophomeni, Howick.

Zuma’s co-accused in this case was Thembelani Mbatha.

Ntombela-Ndlovu was believed to have been targeted for opposing the illegal sale of municipal land in eMasosheni.

The state has indicated that a third suspect linked to the killing would soon be arrested.

Zuma has also been charged for the December 2023 murder of his nephew, DA councillor Nhlalayenza Ndlovu of the uMngeni Local Municipality.

Ndlovu was assassinated in front of his wife and children.

He was also accused of orchestrating the killing of Qalokunye Zuma, a senior induna of the Nxamalala Tribal Authority in Mpendle.