GAUTENG. – A reward of R400 000 has been offered for information that could lead to a breakthrough in the investigation into the deaths of eight women whose bodies have been found in Ekurhuleni.
According to police, a high-level delegation met at the police's provincial headquarters in Parktown yesterday evening to discuss the investigations. Firoz Cachalia, acting minister of police, Sindisiwe Chikunga, minister of women, youth and persons with disabilities, Dinah Pule, minister of social development, Dr Polly Boshielo, deputy minister of police, Panyaza Lesufi, Gauteng premier and Lt Gen Puleng Dimpane, the acting national police commissioner, were part of the delegation. According to Dimpane, a suspect has already been arrested in connection with one of the murders committed in July.
The SAPS is also searching for another person of interest in the investigation. Police have offered a reward of R400 000 for information that could lead to the arrest of the sought suspect or suspects.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
