ANC councillor killed in Marikana
An ANC ward councillor, Fundisile Nqinelo, was shot dead at his home at Nkaneng in Marikana, Bojanala regional secretary Tokyo Mataboge said on Friday.
“He was shot last night [Thursday]. I heard this morning, at this stage we do not know why he was killed.”
Nqinelo, known as Ntsumba, was was ANC ward councillor in the Rustenburg municipality and was also the branch chairperson of the ANC ward 33.
North West police said he was shot seven times on the driveway of his house.
“The motive is unknown investigations continues,” said Captain Paul Ramaloko.
In 2014 a shack used as the ANC branch office was torched following a violent strike at Lonmin platinum mine operations in Marikana. The incident occurred during the strike by mine workers after they rejected the National Union of Mineworkers, a trade union affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions, which is in alliance with the ANC. - ANA
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