
-- "A former member of an elite police unit Matipandile Sotheni, 41, has been charged with the murder of whistleblower Marius van der Merwe who testified at a major police corruption inquiry in South Africa. Sotheni is accused of shooting dead Van der Merwe in full view of his family. Van der Merwe had implicated police officials in the torture and murder of a robbery suspect in his testimony." --