SACP Western Cape district secretary Siyabulela Siswana, his wife and daughter had to be rushed to hospital last night after being gunned down.
Siswana and his 6-year-old daughter died in hospital while his wife is still fighting for her life after two unknown assailants, whose faces were concealed, burst into their Mfuleni home. One of the suspects then opened fire, police said.
SACP Western Cape spokesperson Benson Ngqentsu said: "Comrade Siswana can be described as a hard-working, committed, selfless leader. He was a committed community developer and an embodiment of this ANC-headed alliance. May his soul rest in peace. Western Cape police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa said in a statement: "Provincial detectives are interviewing several individuals as part of an investigation into the murder of a 44-year-old community leader and his six-year-old daughter on Wednesday evening in Mfuleni.
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