Police minister Bheki Cele will on Saturday deliver a eulogy at the funeral service of a policeman killed in the line of duty in KwaZulu-Natal on March 28.
Cele and the provincial police management will be among those bidding farewell to Sgt Sibongiseni Khoza.
The officer and two other members were responding to a complaint about a gunman shooting at a homestead in the Sundumbili area in the iLembe district municipality.
“When approached by police, the armed man shot at the police and Sgt Khoza was struck by a single shot in the forehead and died instantly,” ministry spokesperson Lirandzu Themba said.
The funeral will be held at the Tongaat Community Hall from 10am.
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