By Matthew Savides and Nathi Olifant
The deputy mayor of the Richmond municipality in KwaZulu-Natal was murdered 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‚ Tiso Black Star Group 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 spokesman Sibonelo Bhengu.