Former Umzimkhulu municipal manager, Zweliphansi Skhosana , is due to appear in the Umzimkhulu Magistrate's Court in KwaZulu-Natal today in connection with the murder of former African National Congress Youth League secretary general, Sindiso Magaqa, in 2017.
Skhosana was arrested in Durban earlier this week by the polices task team on political killings in KwaZulu-Natal.
Charges against were provisionally withdrawn by the state in 2018.
Magaqa was serving as an Umzimkhulu councillor when gunmen opened fire on his car. He later died in hospital.
Magaqas family expressed disappointed when they were not allowed in the courtroom on Tuesday.