News24 reports that Mhlontlo municipal manager Lungile Ndabeni has been assigned a security detail after his home was peppered with bullets and two of his cars set alight at his home in Tsolo in the Eastern Cape on Sunday.

In an urgent special council meeting convened by the municipality on Monday, a resolution was taken to provide Ndabeni with two bodyguards while the municipality awaits a threat analysis report from police. Ndabeni was unharmed during the incident. Eastern Cape police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu confirmed Ndabeni was at home with his wife when they heard gunshots outside the house. "He looked through the window and saw two males shooting at his house. Two of his vehicles, a VW Polo Vivo and a Ford Ranger double cab, were set alight. A case of attempted murder and malicious damage to property is under investigation," said Naidu. On Monday afternoon, Ndabeni, who was not at work, said he was not aware of any motive for the attack. The municipality came under fire from the Eastern Cape government in August 2023 when it appointed Ndabeni, who only achieved a "basic" outcome in the competence test for the top job.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sithandiwe Velaphi at News24

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