FAMILY members of a woman killed in a drive-by shooting have pleaded for increased police visibility.
Relatives of the woman from Inanda, north of Durban, said they were afraid her killers could return to finish what they started.
The family was speaking during Police Minister Bheki Cele’s visit to the area on Tuesday, 14 September. Accompanied by his deputy Cassel Mathale and state security deputy minister Zizi Kodwa, Cele visited the families of three women killed in a shooting outside Buhlebethu Primary School on Saturday, 11 September.
The women were waiting in line outside the school to vote for a candidate councillor when gunmen in a black Opel Corsa bakkie with five occupants opened fire.
Ncamisile Shange (34), Beatrice Nzama (60) and Philisiwe Jili (37) were killed.
Speaking outside the school, Cele said: “Clearly, the person who did this was intimidating them. Cops need to find these people. The investigation has been taken over by the political task team as this was a political gathering. They have leads.”
Kodwa said the shooting was an attack on the Constitution.
“We encourage our people not to be intimidated by these people,” he said.
Ncamisile’s aunt Zandile Shabangu (52) said the family was hopeful there would be progress in the case. She said Ncamisile was her entire family’s breadwinner.
“She left behind three children,” she said.
Zandile said Ncamisile was just an ordinary member of the ANC and was exercising her democratic right when she was killed.
“We appealed for security at the funeral because we were afraid. We don’t know what will happen following this tragic incident,” she said.
A 75-year-old survivor of the shooting said it would take time for her to recover.
“All those who died were standing next to me. Even when I think about this, I still shake,” she said.
