
Alleged ‘police informant’ found dead in Ekurhuleni
Wiandre Pretorius, an alleged Ekurhuleni police informant, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Brakpan filling station days after surviving an attempted assassination.
SUNDAY, 08 FEBRUARY 2026, 17:47

Wiandre Pretorius, an alleged Ekurhuleni police informant, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Brakpan filling station days after surviving an attempted assassination.

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Wiandre Pretorius, an alleged Ekurhuleni police informant, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Brakpan filling station days after surviving an attempted assassination.

Wiandre Pretorius, an alleged Ekurhuleni police informant, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Brakpan filling station days after surviving an attempted assassination.
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Wiandre Pretorius, who was implicated in the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, died by suicide on Saturday, two days after he survived a hit at his Boksburg home on Thursday.

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