Pretoria: ANC councillor killed in a hail of bullets in Mabopane
ANC councillor, Tshepo Motaung, has been viciously gunned down, suffering 20 bullet wounds. The murder is said to be politically motivated.
Siseko Gwegwe is a long-suffering Bafana Bafana fan. The problem began at his parents' home in Khayelitsha in 1996 as Brazil came back from 2-0 to beat SA 3-2. He grew up in Cape Town reading his mom’s Drum magazines and his father’s Kick Off and City Press weeklies. Siseko spends summers at his second hometown, Middelburg in the Eastern Cape. After studying journalism at Varsity College, he worked at Soccer Laduma for over three years before going international with Futaa for two years. His experience includes news and entertainment reporting.
ANC councillor, Tshepo Motaung, has been viciously gunned down, suffering 20 bullet wounds. The murder is said to be politically motivated.
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