KZN deputy mayor Thulani Mashaba dies tragically in car crash

ANC Regional Chairperson for the Musa Dladla Region and uThungulu District Municipality Deputy Mayor, Thulani Mashaba past away last night in a tragic car crash while travelling to Richards Bay from King Shaka International Airport.

According to reports the driver lost control of the vehicle causing the car to roll several times ejecting Mashaba and the two body guards he was travelling with out of the car.

Mashaba was declared dead on scene and  Advanced Life Support paramedics from IPSS Medical Rescue stabilised the two body guards before transporting them to hospital.

Earlier this year the Hawks began investigating an assassination attempt on Mashaba's life, believed to have been caused by intra-party battles for succession in the provincial leadership

After an alleged 'hit man' was shot and killed in a gun battle in Hluluwe Mashaba said,  “I think it’s now the third attempt. It started last year when two heavily armed people broke into my house while I was asleep and stole my documents and left everything else. There was then a fire which I managed to escape.

The circumstances of the accident are still being investigated.

ANC provincial spokesperson Sicelo Khuzwayo confirmed the news in a statement.

"His untimely passing has robbed the ANC and the entire country of a dedicated leader who had a clear vision of taking the movement and the citizens of this country forward. Our hearts are bleeding heavily and engulfed by sorrow as we remember the good work Cde Mashaba has done as a leader in the ANC."

Pictures Credit: IPSS Medical Rescue

Source: zululandobserver.co.za and Twitter reports