Among the 121 political killings tasks team PKTT dockets that were gathering dust at the office of the national office of crime detection for four months after being removed from KwaZulu-Natal is the case of Namhla Mtwa, from the Eastern Cape, who was shot nine times in 2022.
Mtwa, 35, was returning home from work in April 2022 when she was shot. It was alleged at the time that Mtwa had been in an abusive relationship. Her murder made headlines across the country, resulting in a big march held in the city to protest her death.
Testifying at the Madlanga commission, head component of serious and violent crime Maj-Gen Mary Motsepe said Mtwas case was investigated by her office initially and taken to the PKTT in October 2023.