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DispatchLIVE reports that Amathole union leader and whistle-blower Simphiwe Mdingi died in a hail of bullets in the driveway of his Amalinda home in East London on Wednesday night.
This was the latest in a series of targeted hits on prominent municipal figures in the province. Mdingi, who worked as a cash manager at ADM, was the Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union (Imatu) leader in the Amathole district municipality (ADM). He was a known whistle-blower, having in the past spoken out on employee suspensions and wage increases. Police said Mdingi, 38, was shot nine times as he was driving into his property at about 8.15pm, but refused to speculate on who might be behind the killing. A source within the municipality claimed that warnings had been made to two other Imatu members in recent weeks. “There’s been threats to two Imatu members who were told to back off by senior officials. They were shocked to receive these threats, but they were told to take it easy and not be vocal,” the source indicated, but could not say whether Mdingi had also been warned. ADM spokesperson Nonceba Madikizela-Vuso described the killing as brutal, while Cogta MEC Xolile Nqatha said he was “deeply concerned about the brutal killings of some workers”. Nqatha’s spokesperson said: “Cogta wishes to express its deepest concern about the trend of what appears to be assassinations in the province, particularly targeting officials working in the supply chain management unit in some of municipalities.
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