Author of explosive book on NP ministers found dead
Port Elizabeth police says no foul play is suspected in the death former policeman, Mark Minnie, who was found shot to death on a farm on the outskirts of the city on Monday.
Police spokesperson, Captain Johan Rheeder, says the 58-year-old man was found dead at his friend's farmhouse in Theescombe.
"According to police information, the ex-policeman visited his friend at his farm at about 09:00 (on Monday). The friend left him to rest and he went out with his workers," Rheeder says in a statement.
"At about 21:00, the friend received a call from the deceased's female friend enquiring about his whereabouts. The friend then went home and went to the deceased's room and noticed that he was not in the room.
"He looked for the deceased and found him outside lying near a bush with a gunshot wound to his head. A firearm was found lying next to him.
"At this stage no foul play is suspected.”
Minnie co-authored an explosive book titled The Lost Boys of Bird Island with investigative journalist, Chris Steyn, that claims to expose a pedophilia ring involving three former National Party Ministers, including the late former Defence Minister Magnus Malan, former Environmental Affairs Minister John Wiley and a third minister who is still alive.