Winnie got Indian doc killed

The youth, he said, was assaulted at the home of the former ‘“Mother of the Nation” after he and other youths had been abducted from a Methodist church home. The youth had been taken to Asvat for treatment. Mbatha said Winnie Mandela had also given him the gun with which to shoot and kill Asvat. He said she had promised to pay him US$6,000. Mbatha is to give evidence before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) about the assassination of Asvat at his Soweto clinic seven years ago.

Mbatha, who is serving a 30-year jail term for the murder, has applied to the TRC for amnesty. The statement comes at a time when prominent ANC leaders have given damaging evidence against Winnie before the TRC.