{"id":43273,"date":"2024-01-18T10:39:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T08:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/35-year-old-man-arrested-in-connection-with-the-gruesome-murder-of-former-gugulethu-cpf-deputy-chair-20240118\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T02:54:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T00:54:18","slug":"35-year-old-man-arrested-in-connection-with-the-gruesome-murder-of-former-gugulethu-cpf-deputy-chair-20240118","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/35-year-old-man-arrested-in-connection-with-the-gruesome-murder-of-former-gugulethu-cpf-deputy-chair-20240118\/","title":{"rendered":"35-year-old man arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of former Gugulethu CPF deputy chair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A 35-year-old man arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of Lulama \u2018Guffy\u2019 Dinginto is appearing in the Athlone Magistrates\u2019 Court on Thursday.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The man was arrested towards the end of the year on a bus in Graaff Reinet.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>He was reportedly travelling from Gqeberha to Cape Town.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A 35-year-old man arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/city-vision\/gugulethu-cpf-deputy-chairperson-shot-and-killed-in-an-ambush-at-her-home-20231211\" target=\"_blank\"> Lulama \u2018Guffy\u2019 Dinginto<\/a> is appearing in the Athlone Magistrates\u2019 Court on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man was arrested towards the end of the year on a bus in Graaff Reinet. He was reportedly travelling from Gqeberha to Cape Town. He appeared in court briefly and has been in custody since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Community Policing Forum deputy chair was ambushed at her home, sending shock waves in the community (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/city-vision\/community-on-tenterhooks-20231213\">Community on tenterhooks over the murder of Gugulethu CPF deputy chair, Lulama Dinginto\u2019<\/a>, <span>City Vision<\/span>, 16 December).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, the accused is a repeat offender with many cases against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the arrest, a community leader who chose to remain anonymous for safety concerns said crime has polarised the community. He added that gangs have taken over and no one was spared. He claimed that community leaders were mostly targeted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are accused of being \u201cinformers\u201d. \u201cI can\u2019t lie, we are scared. I don\u2019t feel free walking on the streets because I don\u2019t know what will happen to me. Only God knows what will happen to us,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/city-vision\/gugulethu-community-policing-forum-deputy-chair-laid-to-rest-in-maitland-20231221\" target=\"_blank\">Gugulethu Community Policing Forum deputy chair laid to rest in Maitland<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He didn\u2019t mince his words, stating that whoever killed Guffy should face the music. He said he did not have mercy for the suspect. \u201cGuffy\u2019s sin was to protect the community. She never robbed anyone. I want the suspect to rot in jail. 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