Klerksdorp-Eight men accused of killing ANC North West official Obuti Chika are expected to apply for bail in the Klerksdorp Magistrates Court today.

They are North West provincial ANC Youth League chairman Papiki Baboile (27), ward secretary Paul Molomonyane (33), Councillor Itumeleng Molebatsi (50), municipal worker William Malefo (46), community member Jeffrey Letuka (28) and minibus-taxi driver Kgotso Kali (36).

They each face a charge of premeditated murder and two charges of conspiracy to commit murder. The seventh accused in the matter, North West Local Government MEC China Dodovu, was arrested on Monday.

Chika, 33-years-old, was shot at point-blank range in the driveway of his home in Alabama, Klerksdorp, on December 14. 

He died at the Klerksdorp Hospital shortly after his arrival. 

He was the ANC’s regional secretary in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality.

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