POLITICAL KILLING: ‘If someone has to die, so be it’ — threats preceded NMB councillor’s murder
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Warnings of stalking, an anonymous death threat and leaked voice notes preceded UDM councillor Luxolo Namette’s murder in Nelson Mandela Bay.
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