A ward councillor was shot and killed in the Eastern Cape on Saturday.
"It is alleged that the deceased was on his way home while he was dropping off a passenger near his home from town. An unknown man appeared and fatally shot the deceased," police spokesperson Captain Namhla Mdleleni said in a statement on Saturday.
The ward councillor, 59, was dead by the time police arrived on the scene. He was the councillor of ward 15 at Rasmeni administrative area in Engcobo.
Ward councillor murdered in the Eastern Cape
A ward councillor was shot and killed in the Eastern Cape on Saturday.
"It is alleged that the deceased was on his way home while he was dropping off a passenger near his home from town. An unknown man appeared and fatally shot the deceased," police spokesperson Captain Namhla Mdleleni said in a statement on Saturday.
The ward councillor, 59, was dead by the time police arrived on the scene. He was the councillor of ward 15 at Rasmeni administrative area in Engcobo.