I’ll never forget seeing his lifeless body: sister of Soweto tavern massacre victim

Investigations within community network points to a tribalist incident as a motive for shooting, says community leader

10 July 2022 - 20:42

Phila Mluma has vivid flashbacks of seeing her brother’s lifeless body lying on the floor of Mdlalose’s tavern amid a dozen others in pools of blood. ..

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