North West Mayor Hostage Drama Over

Publisher:
SABC
Publication Date:
25 May 2017
Tags:
South Africa, Legal and Judicial Affairs

An eight-hour hostage drama involving a North West mayor ended in the early hours of Thursday morning. Mayor Daniel Buthelezi and two body-guards were freed after being held hostage by a group of around thirty residents of the Municipality of Ditsobotla in Litchenburg.

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