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In the wake of the assassination of
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arrested for Gwala's assassination. However, nine years later, Councillor for Ward 101, Mkhipheni
Mzimuni Ngiba, was arrested for the murder of Siyabonga Mkhize who had won the ward, displacing Ngiba from that position.
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