Overview
- Tete was killed in an ambush outside his Mdantsane home on Friday when two masked gunmen fired multiple shots at him and a 27-year-old female passenger who remains hospitalized.
- Police arrested four suspects over the weekend in KuGompo City, Mdantsane and Scenery Park and have taken them into custody for questioning and charges.
- A 22-year-old suspect arrested on Saturday has been formally charged with murder and attempted murder and was due to appear in the Mdantsane Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
- Two of the other suspects face firearms and ammunition charges while one man initially detained has been released as a potential witness, police said.
- Tete was a two-division world champion preparing a comeback after a four-year ban ended in July, and his death has drawn national tributes and renewed concern about violent crime in the Eastern Cape.