WESTERN CAPE. – A 44-year-old man described by police as a suspected hit man has been taken into custody in connection with the murder of Aubrey Tsengwa, former executive mayor of Knysna.
AO Christopher Spies, police spokesperson, says the investigation by the Organised Crime Murder Task Team (OCMT) led the unit to Peddie in the Eastern Cape. The suspect was taken into custody there on Friday during an operation. Tsengwa was shot dead on 19 August 2026 in Knysna while sitting in his motor vehicle. Three other people were with him in the vehicle and survived the attack.
The suspect is in police custody and is expected to appear in the Knysna Magistrate's Court today on a charge of murder and three charges of attempted murder.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
