www.mobserver.co.za reliably learnt that Cortac Security, a Johannesburg based company contracted by Glencore, confronted around 30 people burning copper cables at Rietspruit, where an estimated two tonnes of copper was recovered.<\/p>\n
The group allege that Cortac Security used excessive force to round them up, and also fired live shots at them during the sting.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, a group of men involved in Monday\u2019s sting, pitched up at Glencore H-Block\u2019s offices, and demanded to know what the mine did with the body of the man that was shot and killed by mine security.<\/p>\n
The mine however only knew about one man, who broke his leg when he fell into a ditch while fleeing.<\/p>\n
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Video: Argument over trucks boils over<\/a><\/p>\n (Opvolg) Belfast moord: die aaklige nadraai<\/a><\/p>\n Opvolg: De Necker verdagtes laat gaan<\/a><\/p>\n The mine and police launched an investigation into the alleged murder, and tracked all vehicles involved in the sting.<\/p>\n Investigators found that one of the security vehicles veered off route, into the direction of an abandoned mine shaft.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, the SAPS inspected the area around the abandoned shaft, where the body of a man was discovered.<\/p>\n Protesters confirmed that the body was that of their missing comrade.<\/p>\n Tracker signals showed that the vehicle which drove to the shaft, belonged to the Cortac Security Manager, identified only as \u201cZunaid\u201d.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, during a break in the interrogation between \u201cZunaid\u201d and investigators, he walked out of the office and shot himself.<\/p>\n Details around the investigation remain sketchy though Cortac told www.mobserver.co.za that the company has started its own investigation on the \u201ctragic\u201d incident.<\/p>\n Glencore confirms with regret that an incident involving cable theft by a group occurred near it\u2019s Group Training Centre, south of Ogies, in the late evening of Monday, 11th July.<\/p>\n During the engagement by company security services to apprehend those involved, one alleged assailant was injured and another was fatally wounded.<\/p>\n The incident is now a matter with the South African Police Service and a criminal investigation is underway.<\/p>\n Glencore and it\u2019s security service contractor are cooperating with the relevant authorities, and appeal for calm and cooperation by all stakeholders in the area.<\/p>\n Other news:<\/p>\n (Opvolg) Video: \u2018Soos hond\u2019 dood geslaan <\/a><\/p>\n (Grafiese inhoud) \u2013 \u2018My kind is soos hond dood geslaan\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Send a message to our SMS line 33658 or add us onto Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> @Mobserv<\/a> to receive your free daily news updates. You can also WhatsApp us on this number 079\u00a0426 1396<\/p>\n Also check out our Video\u2019s<\/a> on Youtube<\/a> daily!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The manager of a mine security contractor shot and killed himself on Wednesday, after he was confronted for the murder of an alleged copper thief two days before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":52615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard Rheeder","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2885,7,2],"tags":[4670,1049,2866,1713,5268,5267,1715,1088],"class_list":["post-52614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-copper-thief","tag-danger","tag-gun","tag-killed","tag-manager","tag-mine","tag-shot","tag-warning"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["copper thief","danger","Gun","killed","manager","mine","shot","warning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}