Gauteng police have arrested seven people in connection with the murder of six people and the wounding of one person at the Jabulani Hostel in Soweto on 8 June 2020.Spokesperson Colonel Noxolo Kweza said, “a multi-disciplinary team of detectives arrested two suspects in KwaZulu-Natal and recovered two firearms, including an AK47. The suspects led police to a further five suspects in Gauteng. The suspects in Gauteng were found with five firearms.
“The police have to move swiftly so that as a community you do not have to choose to retaliate… It’s clear that somebody just wanted to kill somebody. There were seven people inside, originally there were 10. Three of them left, seven came in between, they just opened fire, there was no aiming, they just wanted everyone dead,” Cele said at the time.
Some of the suspects allegedly involved in the Jabulani killings were linked to other crimes, according to police. Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Elias Mawela lauded the team for its swift reaction.spoke to leaders in the taxi industry as such murders have in the past been linked to other killings within the taxi industry. However, at the time, the South African National Taxi Council said it was not even aware of the mass murder.