South African Corruption Investigator Shot Dead

A South African accountant who was investigating high-level corruption cases has been shot dead along with his son.

Cloete Murray, 50, was the liquidator for Bosasa, a company implicated in numerous government contract scandals.

He also worked as a liquidator for firms linked to the wealthy Gupta brothers, who deny bribery accusations.

Police say “they will see if there is a link between Mr Murray’s murder and these corruption investigations.”

Mr Murray was “shot by unknown gunmen” while driving in Johannesburg with his 28-year-old son Thomas, a legal adviser, on Saturday.

“His son died at the scene while Mr Murray was taken to hospital and later died of his injuries,” local media reported, citing a police spokesperson.

The pair were driving their white Toyota Prado towards their home in Pretoria, South African media reported.

Mr Murray’s job as “a court-appointed company liquidator” was to look into the accounts of firms that had folded, recover assets, and report any criminality.

One of those companies was Bosasa, a government contractor specialising in prison services.

BBC /Shakirat Sadiq