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Daily Maverick reports that on 19 June 2025, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Institutional Support and Development at Walter Sisulu University (WSU), Sinethemba Mpanbane, was shot multiple times while seated in his vehicle at the entrance of the university’s Nkululekweni facility in Mthatha, where he also lived.
Mpambane was hired in December last year to be part of the institutional support and development team. According to WSU council chairperson, advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC, private security will be provided to all senior staff members, especially those holding strategic positions in finance, procurement and infrastructure development. “This comes at a cost, but we took an emergency decision to do this for now. We will reassess the situation in a month. We have also appealed, once again, to the police for extra security measures. We cannot divert all our limited resources to security; hence, we must insist that the state play its role in providing safety and security inside and outside of campus,” Ngcukaitobi indicated. Police said they discovered the victim dead inside a stationary vehicle. Preliminary forensic analysis confirmed the victim sustained multiple gunshot wounds while in the driver’s seat. R27,000 was discovered in Mpanbane’s vehicle. The SAPS said the motive behind the murder was still unknown, but ruled out robbery as a motive. A special unit has been established to conduct the investigation.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Siyabonga Goni at Daily Maverick
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