Image : SUPPLIED, left a frame of the EMPD badges and Banele Skosana in uniform, middle Sbongile Dlamini, the accused wife of Banele Skosana and Right, Banele Skosana in uniform. Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso | Senior Reporter | News & Current Affairs | 18 February 2025 The 7th & 14th of February 2025 will be dates that the Skosana family in Kwa-Thema (Ekurhuleni) will never forget. On the 7th of February, Banele Skosana (32) was brutally shot at as he was opening his shop in Vilakazi Street, Kwa-Thema. Skosana was a respected officer of the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD), a respected member of the community and an entrepreneur at the very same time. Though this date marked a sad tragedy for the Skosana family as they had to prepare for the tragic loss of their beloved son and brother. Upon the death of Banele Skosana, the HAWKS and EMPD worked day and night to find the suspects and by the grace of God they did and one of them confessed to being in...
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