Obituary
Sindiso 'Super' Magaqa: corruption whistleblower, councillor
Most high-profile councillor shot in string of apparent assassinations
10 September 2017 - 00:00
Sindiso "Super" Magaqa, who has died at the age of 35 supposedly from bullet wounds sustained in an ambush in July, was a ward councillor and executive committee member of the Umzimkhulu municipality in southern KwaZulu-Natal.
He was the fifth councillor to be fatally shot in Umzimkhulu since April, and one of many apparent assassination victims in the province.
Magaqa, who had blown the whistle on corruption in the municipality and ignored warnings not to contest a powerful regional position, is the most high-profile victim to date...
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