Last words to slain Durban metro cop: ‘Your wife wants you dead’

The hitman who killed Thomas Ntombela says a prison inmate with a cellphone orchestrated the murder

03 September 2023 - 00:00

When hitman Mandlenkosi “Mzo” Ntombela pulled the trigger to kill Durban metro police officer Capt Thomas Ntombela in May, a prison inmate was the voice in his ear telling him the murder  would make him rich...

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