At the time of the incident, surveillance footage, which went viral on social media platforms, captured the two armed assailants in civil attire confronting the victim at gunpoint, demanding his car keys.
The vehicle was subsequently recovered in Newlands. Social media footage depicted one suspect assaulting the victim while the other compelled a security guard to the ground.
He has been covering a variety of news beats for over 10 years. As a journalist working for community newspapers, he has covered politics, court reporting, municipal stories, crime, and news features over the years. Andile is also a multimedia journalist for Southlands Sun. He started his career in journalism as a freelance reporter in 2005 while studying Communication Science at UNISA. Prior to joining Caxton Newspapers, he worked for both community and commercial newspapers in Durban, where he won the Journalist of the Year Award in 2020 and 2021.
