SAFETY CONCERNS RISE AFTER ANC COUNCILLOR GUNNED DOWN

Calls for greater protection

- MURRAY SWART and GENEVIEVE SERRA

The fatal shooting of ANC councillor Lazola Gungxe in Crossroads has renewed concerns about the safety of public representatives in the Western Cape. I AYANDA NDAMANE Independent Newspapers

(AYANDA NDAMANE Independent Newspapers)

AN ANC councillor serving in the City of Cape Town has been shot dead inside the Community Hall in Old Crossroads while conducting a discussion with residents, intensifying concerns about the safety of public representatives in the Western Cape.

Lazola Gungxe was an ANC proportional-representation councillor in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. He was first sworn in as a city councillor on August 10, 2016 and served as part of the ANC’s caucus on council.

Police spokesperson, Captain FC Van Wyk, said Gungxe was found lying near the entrance of the Community Hall after he had been shot by two males who had entered the premises: “On Tuesday, February 3, at 3pm, Nyanga SAPS members attended to a shooting at the Old Crossroads Community Hall, Gwayi Street, Nyanga,” Van Wyk explained. “The body of the 48-year-old victim was found lying near the entrance of the hall.