Times Of Swaziland: JOMO MURDER: SOME ‘QUESTIONED’

JOMO MURDER: SOME ‘QUESTIONED’
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BY SIBUSISO ZWANE on 29/11/2019 00:10:00


MANZINI - So far, no one has been arrested in connection with the death of
Manzini businessman Jomo Khumalo, but a number of people have been called in by
the police to assist with investigations.
Source within the transport industry, revealed to this publication that one of
the people who were called to assist the police with information regarding the
death of the businessman is a public transport operator whose vehicles also
operate between Eswatini and South Africa.
He alleged that the public transport operator was reportedly out of the country
on Wednesday when he was called by his colleagues and police who were working on
the matter.
However, the source alleged that the operator returned to the kingdom later on
the day and responded to the police call to assist them with information
regarding the matter.
Investigating
Meanwhile, Chief Police Information and Communications Officer Superintendent
Phindile Vilakati said the police were still investigating the matter. He said
in their investigations, some individuals were asked to assist the law enforcers
who are handling the matter with information that could lead to the arrest of
the people who shot the businessman.
Khumalo, who owned a fleet of mini-buses and kombis, a majority of which operate
between Eswatini and South Africa, was gunned down by unknown men while he was
in a car together with his family, including his wife.
The incident took place in broad daylight near Manzini Club traffic lights on
Wednesday.
Efforts of getting a comment from the Swaziland Interstate Transport Association
proved futile as the National Chairman, Bambumuti Sithole’s mobile phone was
off for the better part of yesterday afternoon.