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72 Hour Deadline Find Soweto Cop Killers

GCIS / SAnewsRef: https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/72-hour-deadline-find-soweto-cop-killers

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The document is a SAnews.gov.za news article dated 18 May 2018 reporting that Police Minister Bheki Cele set a 72-hour deadline for police to find and apprehend the killers of a senior police officer shot dead in Soweto. Cele established a task team of senior experienced detectives and the Hawks to implement a 72-hour action plan. The article names Brigadier Malefetsane Jonas Mofokeng (Meadowlands police station) as the slain officer and asks the public to contact the SAPS toll-free number 08600 10111 with information, with confidentiality and anonymity available.

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SAPS toll-free number 08600 10111

Anyone with information about the killers of the senior police officer can contact SAPS. The information will be treated confidentially, and callers may remain anonymous.

Who it is for: Anyone with information about the killers
How to act on it: Call the SAPS toll-free number 08600 10111; callers may remain anonymous.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact the SAPS toll-free number 08600 10111. All information will be treated with the strictest confidentiality and callers may remain anonymous.

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https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/72-hour-deadline-find-soweto-cop-killers

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Certified dead at hospital

Key Takeaways

72-hour deadline set by Police Minister Bheki Cele
Subject: killers of a senior police officer shot dead in Soweto
Task team established: senior experienced detectives and the Hawks
Officer: Brigadier Malefetsane Jonas Mofokeng, Station Commander of Meadowlands police station
Incident timing: arrived home around 19:00; shot by unknown suspects
Certified dead at hospital; served in police for 37 years
Public information contact: SAPS toll-free 08600 10111
Confidentiality and anonymous callers allowed
Police Minister Bheki Cele
South African Police Service (SAPS)
The Hawks
National Commissioner General Khehla Sitole
Brigadier Malefetsane Jonas Mofokeng
Meadowlands police station
Lieutenant General Yolisa Matakata
Government Communication and Information System (GCIS)
SAnews.gov.za