Police have launched a manhunt after a witness who testified at the Madlanga commission was gunned down in front of his wife on Friday night.
Marius van der Merwe, who at the commission was only referred to as witness D, previously told the commission of a civilian who was tortured to death and how the embattled Ekurhuleni police chief Julius Mkhwanazi instructed him to dispose the body.
Police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe on Saturday morning said that at around 8:30pm van der Merwe and his wife had just arrived at their home in Brakpan when he was shot while trying to open the gate.
