The Citizen reports that a truck driver was shot and killed by three men pretending to be hitchhikers in the Mfekayi area of KwaZulu-Natal.  

According to the Zululand Observer, Harry Bhengu, a Cepaki Warehouse employee transporting manure from Pongola to Richards Bay, stopped to pick up men hitchhiking at the Mfekayi area, and along the way, the men attacked him.  According to an eyewitness, truck veered off the road into nearby bushes.  When it came to a halt, three men jumped out and ran into the forest.  The witness then found the shot truck driver slumped forward with his head leaning on the steering wheel.

• A short report by Steven Makhanya is at The Citizen

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