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News24 reports that three assailants have yet to be apprehended after shooting game ranger Anton Mzimba dead, and injuring his wife at their home near Bushbuckridge on Tuesday night.
The men shot Mzimba's wife in the stomach after she saw them shooting her husband. She is fighting for her life in hospital. According to earlier reporting, there had been claims that Mzimba, who was head of ranger services at Timbavati Private Nature Reserve in Mpumalanga, was the target of a syndicate because of his anti-poaching efforts. He had received several death threats, but turned down offers for alternative accommodation. Mpumalanga police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said they could not speculate on the motive for the shooting and this would form part of their investigation. The trio approached the Mzimba home in Edinburgh Trust on Tuesday at around 19:00, asking for water for their vehicle which they claimed had problems. They pounced on Mzimba who was shot several times before the assailants opened fire on his wife. The men fled the home empty-handed and have yet to be apprehended.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Cebelihle Bhengu at News24
- Read too, 'Whispers of death threats': Game ranger Anton Mzimba was in danger, but insisted on doing his job, at News24 (subscriber access only)
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