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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Mashumi Shongwe,the powerful and politically connected Nhlangano Mayor has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife Tigezile Magongo-Shongwe.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Mayor was arrested by Hlathikhulu police on Friday afternoon,investigating officers who confirmed the arrest and said the matter remains a top secret for now.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s true he is here in police custody,\u201dsaid a senior police officer.<\/p>\n

A questionnaire was sent to Superintendent Phindile Vilakati,however,she had not responded at the time of compiling this report.<\/p>\n

Shongwe allegedly killed his wife after subjecting her to domestic violence for years,he then attempted to sell her home.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Eswatini<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. Mashumi Shongwe,the powerful and politically connected Nhlangano Mayor has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife Tigezile Magongo-Shongwe. The Mayor was arrested by Hlathikhulu police on Friday afternoon,investigating officers who confirmed the arrest and said the matter remains a top secret for now. \u201cIt\u2019s true he is here in police custody,\u201dsaid a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":24212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-24213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"\nNhlangano Mayor Mashumi Shongwe arrested for killing wife - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mashumi Shongwe,the powerful and politically connected Nhlangano Mayor has been arrested for allegedly killing his wi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/nhlangano-mayor-mashumi-shongwe-arrested-for-killing-wife\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nhlangano Mayor Mashumi Shongwe arrested for killing wife\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mashumi Shongwe,the powerful and politically connected Nhlangano Mayor has been arrested for allegedly killing his wi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/nhlangano-mayor-mashumi-shongwe-arrested-for-killing-wife\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-25T06:36:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-25T06:55:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1679708120.82.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/nhlangano-mayor-mashumi-shongwe-arrested-for-killing-wife#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/nhlangano-mayor-mashumi-shongwe-arrested-for-killing-wife\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nhlangano Mayor Mashumi Shongwe arrested for killing wife\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-25T06:36:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-25T06:55:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/nhlangano-mayor-mashumi-shongwe-arrested-for-killing-wife\"},\"wordCount\":119,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/nhlangano-mayor-mashumi-shongwe-arrested-for-killing-wife#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1679708120.82.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eswatini\",\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/nhlangano-mayor-mashumi-shongwe-arrested-for-killing-wife#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/nhlangano-mayor-mashumi-shongwe-arrested-for-killing-wife\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/nhlangano-mayor-mashumi-shongwe-arrested-for-killing-wife\",\"name\":\"Nhlangano Mayor Mashumi Shongwe arrested for killing wife - 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