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During the late 2000s, there was a political scandal involving the assassinations of African National Congress (ANC) comrades and whistleblowers in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The alleged contract killer at the centre of the scandal was attributed the pseudonym Josh. Publicised in South African media as a Mozambican-born assassin allegedly hired by then-Premier David Mabuza, Josh was alleged to have confessed to multiple politically motivated killings, including the 2009 murder of Jimmy Mohlala, a whistleblower in the 2010 FIFA World Cup tender scandal. Josh was first introduced to the public in a major front-page exposé titled "Murder Inc in Mbombela" published on 7 February 2010 by journalists Charles Molele and Mzilikazi wa Afrika in the Sunday Times. He was described as a "25-year-old contract killer" who had been offered R 100,000 by an "ANC man" - later understood to refer to Mabuza - to carry out hits on politicians blocking lucrative tender deals.