About R1.8m worth of suspicious payments connected to a road project are the centre of death threats targeted at a municipal manager in Limpopo, making him the latest victim of a disturbing trend of officials being targeted in SA. 

The council at the Modimolle-Mookgophong municipality took a decision on Monday to employ security to protect its recently appointed municipal manager Ben Thobela after he received a chilling text message warning him to stay away from suspending implicated officials if he wants to live...