‘I was playing pool when I saw a man with an AK-47’: Soweto tavern massacre survivor

‘I don’t know how I survived’

11 July 2022 - 09:50 By Bafana Nzimande, Thulani Mbele and Mpho Koka

For 10 minutes, Andile* squeezed his body underneath the pool table at Mdlalose’s Tavern in Orlando East, Soweto, while a man with an AK-47 stood at the door, about 2m away from him, randomly shooting at patrons...

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