Pretoria News reports that the deputy chairperson of one of the branches of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) in Marikana testified on Tuesday how he was shot at several times as he was about to leave a soccer match in Mooinooi.
Malibongwe Mdazo took the stand in the Pretoria High Court to testify in the trial of two former Amcu members, who are facing two charges of attempted murder and one of murder. Samkelo Mkhutswa, 38, and Simphiwe Silwane, 36, both of Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecution withdrew charges on Monday against six of their co-accused due to a lack of evidence against them. The two accused are believed to be among the kingpins behind a spate of attacks in Marikana in 2017. Mdazo was shot 16 times but survived. Another Amcu member Msindiseni Kwenene was shot at in September 2017 while walking to work. He ran away but another assailant armed with a handgun was waiting for him and opened fire. He was later joined by a third armed man, but Kwenene also survived the hail of bullets. But Mveliso Biyela wasn't so lucky and died walking home from the Wonderkop hostel on 22 September 2017. The trial is continuing.
- Read the full original of Zelda Venter’s report on the trail at Pretoria News
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