The deputy mayor of the Richmond municipality in KwaZulu-Natal was killed on Sunday night.
Thandazile Phoswa’s slaying comes a month after the council’s municipal manager‚ S’bu Sithole‚ was gunned down in an apparent hit.
While details are still sketchy‚ TMG Digital has learnt that Phoswa’s estranged boyfriend — a bodyguard at the uMshwathi municipality — handed himself over to police. Officers have seized the apparent murder weapon.
"The municipality is devastated. We have just lost a municipal manager a month ago. We hope the police do their work. We condemn this senseless murder regardless of who committed it‚" said council spokesperson Sibonelo Bhengu.
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