‘We live in a reign of terror’: both violence, virus stalk Cape townships

SACP district secretary Siyabulela Siswana and his daughter were shot dead in their home in Mfuleni, Cape Town, on Wednesday evening by unknown assailants. Siswana's wife was badly injured.

Image: Randy Peterson SACP district secretary Siyabulela Siswana and his daughter were shot dead in their home in Mfuleni, Cape Town, on Wednesday evening by unknown assailants. Siswana's wife was badly injured.

In Cape Town’s townships, where Covid-19 has taken hold, the fear of the gun still reigns supreme.

The killing of an SACP leader and his daughter is the latest in string of brutal slayings - but no one has been arrested.

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