South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) has confirmed that one of its MPs, Sibusiso Radebe, was shot dead last night in an attempted hijacking in Roodepoort, a city in the economic heartland of Gauteng province.
The party’s parliamentary caucus paid tribute to the lawmaker, in a tweet:
ANC CAUCUS MOURNS PASSING OF ANC MP CDE SIBUSISO RADEBE pic.twitter.com/vSioX7Julz
— ANC Parliament (@ANCParliament)
He was shot in the head and leg after the suspect allegedly demanded his phone, family member Lungile Dube told Mpumalanga News.">https://twitter.com/ANCParliament/status/1009357465820061697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2018
He was shot in the head and leg after the suspect allegedly demanded his phone, family member Lungile Dube told Mpumalanga News.— (@ANCParliament) June 20, 2018
He was shot in the head and leg after the suspect allegedly demanded his phone, family member Lungile Dube told Mpumalanga News.">
The family is currently in discussion with the police to ascertain the circumstances of his death. They are yet to identify Radebe’s body.
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