Traditional leader and relative shot dead near Nquthu
“We are appealing to communities to come forward with information which will lead to the arrest of the cowards who have done this disgraceful deed” - MEC Hlomuka.
The Nquthu community was again left reeling following the shooting to death of Inkosi Mncube and his uncle.
The two were killed in an assassination style killing while they were travelling on the Nquthu/Babanango road on Sunday afternoon.
SAPS said the vehicle was hit by a hail of bullets.
The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Sipho Hlomuka condemned the murder which he described as senseless.
“This has robbed the Mbokodwebomvu Traditional Community and the institution of traditional leadership in the province of a leader and community builder.”
MEC Hlomuka has called upon law enforcement agencies to ‘leave no stone unturned in the search for the perpetrators of this act of cowardice’
“We are appealing to communities to come forward with information which will lead to the arrest of the cowards who have done this disgraceful deed”, added MEC Hlomuka.
He has sent his condolences family of Inkosi Mncube, the Traditional Council, and to his fellow Amakhosi in uMzinyathi Local House of Traditional leaders, where Inkosi served as a committed member, working in the interest of his community.
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