Leanne van der Merwe, widow of Madlanga commission of inquiry witness Marius Vlam van der Merwe, has penned heartfelt tributes to her late husband, who was murdered outside their Brakpan home on Friday.
Marius, a security company owner and former Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department EMPD officer who was a key witness at the inquiry, was fatally shot in front of Leanne and their two young children. The gunmen attacked when he got out of his vehicle to open the gate at their home, which was on a manual setting.
His evidence as Witness D implicated suspended EMPD acting chief Brig Julius Mkhwanazi in the 2022 murder of a robbery suspect in Brakpan. Van der Merwe alleged Mkhwanazi had ordered him to dispose of the body as part of a cover-up.
