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title: "Former apartheid hit-squad member hands himself over to police"
description: "Joe Mamasela has handed himself over to police at the Jabulani Station in Soweto, after having been on the run since Saturday evening. Mamasela, a former member of Eugene de Kock's Valkplaas unit, was on the run after allegedly killing his landlord. No charges have been laid against him, though a murder investigation is currently underway, the police say. Read more: City Press"
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Politics"
author: "Andy Rice"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/andyrice/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-08-03-former-apartheid-hit-squad-member-hands-himself-over-to-police/"
published: "2010-08-03T16:52:36"
updated: "2013-02-01T20:03:00"
lang: "en-ZA"
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# Former apartheid hit-squad member hands himself over to police

> Joe Mamasela has handed himself over to police at the Jabulani Station in Soweto, after having been on the run since Saturday evening. Mamasela, a former member of Eugene de Kock's Valkplaas unit, was on the run after allegedly killing his landlord. No charges have been laid against him, though a murder investigation is currently underway, the police say. Read more: [City Press](http://www.citypress.co.za/SouthAfrica/News/Apartheid-hit-squad-member-hands-himself-in-20100803-2)

By Andy Rice · Published 3 August 2010, 18:52 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 22:03 SAST

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