Overview
- Councillor Sello Molefi, 46, was found with a stab wound to the neck outside a tavern on Voortrekker Street in Klerksdorp’s CBD at about 5:35am and was certified dead at the scene.
- A 35-year-old man handed himself over to police and is detained, with a first appearance scheduled for Monday, 16 February 2026, at the Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court on a murder charge.
- Police say preliminary findings indicate the stabbing followed an argument reportedly linked to a dispute over a girlfriend, a detail still being verified.
- Investigators from the Potchefstroom Anti-Gang Investigation Unit, Klerksdorp Detectives, and the provincial Organised Crime Unit are conducting a coordinated inquiry.
- Acting Provincial Commissioner Ryno Naidoo welcomed the swift arrest, and SALGA’s North West leadership condemned the killing as an attack on democracy and urged stronger visible policing in CBDs.