The state had a responsibility to protect Marius “Vlam” van der Merwe, who testified under the alias Witness D at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into police impropriety, before he was fatally shot ...

Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Minister in the Presidency, spoke out in support of the government’s witness protection programme This comes after the brutal murder of Marius van der Merwe, known as Witness D, ...