Murder of SACP leader and his daughter just the latest in string of brutal slayings – and no one has been arrested
SACP leader Siyabulela Siswana and his six-year-old daughter, Banele, were murdered on Wednesday evening.In Cape Town’s townships, where Covid-19 has taken hold recently, the fear of the gun still reigns supreme.
“If you look at the modus operandi of how people are killed in the Western Cape, you get worried. We leave this in the hands of the police to investigate. The details, according to once-vocal community leaders who are now too afraid to put their names behind their statements, are chilling. “We are still scared we didn’t sleep at our home. Even now I’m going to sleep somewhere else. People are too afraid to talk. This place is very dangerous.”
“Then, seven of those boys arrived at the house in a Toyota Avanza. They walked into the house where these young men were sitting together and playing PlayStation, and shot all of them,” said a community leader. “If you start to raise your voice, you are out. And they make sure it’s done in such a way that everyone knows. [If] you dare talk out, this is what happens to you.
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