Sibusiso Sithole was killed because he was tough on corruption, DA says
Slain Richmond municipal manager Sibusiso Sithole was killed because of his tough stance on corruption and maladministration, DA MP Dean Macpherson says. Sithole was gunned down behind the local police station while en route from the municipal office to the motor licensing bureau. He was shot five times by two men travelling in a maroon Toyota Corolla with a Durban number plate. It is believed he was without his bodyguards when he was shot through the passenger window of his vehicle. In a statement issued after Sithole’s death on Monday morning‚ Macpherson said it was no secret that Sithole was doing his best to fight corruption and clamp down on wasteful expenditure in the ANC-controlled municipality. He said Sithole supported the DA’s objection to increasing the number of full-time councillors in Richmond, who would have been paid R800,000 each a year‚ excluding benefits, which would have ultimately bankrupted the municipality. "Due to his tough stance on corruption and maladminis...
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