Samwu worried after unionist who spoke out against VBS corruption shot dead
Roland Mani's murder comes days after the attempted murder of Timson Tshililo‚ an employee of Vhembe municipality and former Samwu chair in Limpopo
The South African Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu) is concerned that unionists who have taken a firm stance against the illegal raiding of coffers at Vhembe district municipality are being targeted for assassination. The union said on Thursday that its Limpopo deputy provincial secretary, Roland Mani, had been shot and killed in Thohoyandou on Wednesday. “Comrade Mani was killed in cold blood just hours after attending a general meeting at his workplace‚ the Vhembe district municipality‚” the union said in a statement. “His shooting comes just days after yet another attempted assassination of Timson Tshililo‚ also an employee of the Vhembe district municipality and former Samwu Limpopo chair.” Tshililo is currently recovering in hospital. “We are definitely convinced that the two shootings are related as both victims are employees of the Vhembe district municipality and have been in the forefront of protests which led to the removal of mayors who illegally invested money with the no...
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