Port Elizabeth - Verified death threats have been made against two senior Nelson Mandela Bay councillors, Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Athol Trollip said on Tuesday.
He revealed at a press conference that chief whip of council, Werner Senekal, and the mayoral committee member for roads and transport, Rano Kayser, received the threats last week.
"Without going into too much detail, the information is that there are people who have been sent to carry out the execution of these two councillors. That would mean there is a hitman or a hit team that have been contracted," he said.
Both councillors were present at the press conference, but neither elaborated much on the actual threats.
Kayser said both he and Senekal had received threats on the same day last week via SMS, while Senekal said he wanted to give the police space to investigate.
"We received threats that appear to be credible. I cannot speak too much about the information received without compromising the investigation that the SAPS are engaged with at this moment," said Senekal.