{"id":8903,"date":"2025-05-28T05:53:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T05:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzncogta.gov.za\/?p=8903"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:10:03","slug":"kzn-cogta-mec-hails-breakthrough-arrest-in-umngeni-councillor-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/devtst.kznsshf.gov.za\/kzncogta.gov.za\/index.php\/2025\/05\/28\/kzn-cogta-mec-hails-breakthrough-arrest-in-umngeni-councillor-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"KZN COGTA MEC HAILS BREAKTHROUGH ARREST IN UMNGENI COUNCILLOR MURDER"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8903\" class=\"elementor elementor-8903\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13090318 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13090318\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-726a7b6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"726a7b6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>uLundi, 27 May 2025 \u2013 Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) MEC, Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi, has welcomed the arrest of a suspect implicated in the brutal murder of Umngeni Local Municipality Councillor and Chief Whip, Mr Nhlalayenza Ndlovu. 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