The death of Tshepo Maseko, 33, during the Middelburg municipality workers' protest this week, has left a trail of destruction that even his own family cannot comprehend.

Maseko died when a group of guards hired by the Steve Tshwete local municipality in Middleburg, Mpumalanga, shot at protesting municipal workers on Wednesday. Four workers were left injured and Maseko was the only fatality. He died from a wound at the back of his head...