Memorial service of slain Buffalo City Metro councillor Ntombikayise Tom in Mdantsane on Wednesday. (Sithandiwe Velaphi/News24)
Buffalo City mayor Princess Faku has called on law enforcement to apprehend and prosecute those who orchestrated the shooting of Ntombikayise Tom, who served as the municipality’s MMC for corporate affairs.
Tom, 59, was shot and wounded in a hail of bullets in front of her daughter, Amahle, as she was arriving at her Mdantsane home in the Eastern Cape from a meeting at around 21:00 on 9 January.
Neighbours said she was shot four times by a lone gunman.
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