The Hawks have announced that Siphesonke Galoshe has been arrested for murder.
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An Eastern Cape teacher who was arrested for allegedly killing a traffic officer who had given him a ticket has been denied bail.
Siphesonke Galoshe, 34, a teacher at Tutor Ndamase Higher Secondary School in Libode, appeared before the Mthatha Magistrate Court on Wednesday.
Galoshe, who was arrested in October, was accused of murdering 61-year-old traffic officer Daniel Mxoli, who worked for the local King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality in Mthatha.
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He was driving a silver Toyota Tazz when Mxoli pulled him over on October 10, 2022.
“The crime emanated from the fact that the traffic officer fined Galoshe for the alleged violation of traffic regulations. The traffic officer turned his back on Galoshe, and that’s when Galoshe allegedly got out of his vehicle, pulled his rifle from him, and fired, fatally wounding him. the official on duty,” said Hawks spokeswoman Captain Yolisa Mgolodela.
Galoshe allegedly hid at his sister’s house in Gqeberha, but turned himself in to the police four days after the murder.
The case has been postponed until March 17 for further investigation.
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