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KZN gangs infiltrated SAPS task teams

Mail & Guardian · 14 August 2026 at 00:05

KZN gangs infiltrated SAPS task teams

Retired warrant officer Gregory Loftus told the Madlanga Commission that his son, KZN tow truck owner Bevan Loftus, was murdered by police during a bogus Cash-in-Transit operation, allegedly at the behest of a business rival and drug dealer, Clive Naiker.

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