MANZINI: Senior Superintendent Nhlanhla Mbingo, the Correctional Services Officer who was part of the chain of command that assaulted incarcerated pro-democracy Members of Parliament(MPs) Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube has died.
Efforts to reach Mbingo’s family proved unsuccessful at the time of compiling this report.
This Swaziland News gathered that, the former Matsapha Prison Deputy Officer-in Charge died on Monday afternoon at Moneni Hospital.
“He died around 3pm yesterday(Monday)”, said insider.
But on the 7th July 2023, this publication reported that Mbingo was on stage four(4) cancer hence he might die anytime.
When asked at the time, to share a comment and clarify what stage four(4) cancer means, health expect Mayibongwe Masangwane, the Secretary General of the Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union(SWADNU) said stage four(4) cancer “is the last stage” before the patient dies.
“When a patient is on stage four(4), that means he might die anytime, going to hospital is just for medical treatment to minimize the pain, otherwise, that patient is awaiting death,” said the health expert.
Nhlanhla Mbingo was a gospel artist who founded the Siphofaneni Born Again in the 1990s, became popular after releasing the album “yeBazalwane Somasha eZulwini”.
The late Nhlanhla Mbingo.