Minister raises alarm over second killing at university

A large sum of money was discovered in the vehicle of a Walter Sisulu University (WSU) senior staff member who was fatally shot, while South Africa’s Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane raised alarm over continued violence at the institution, writes Molefe Seeletsa for The Citizen.

WSU’s deputy vice-chancellor for institutional support and development, Sinethemba Mpambane, was killed at the university’s Mthatha campus on Thursday 19 June. He was shot multiple times while seated in his vehicle near the entrance of the Nkululekweni facility. The South African Police Service has since deployed extensive resources, with forensic experts and detectives investigating the secured crime scene.

In a statement issued on Friday 20 June, the university said that it was “deeply shaken by this tragic event” and extended condolences to Mpambane’s family. Minister Nkabane meanwhile expressed concern that Mpambane’s death occurred just weeks after the killing of WSU student Sisonke Mbolekwa on the same campus. “The recurrence of such violence within an institution of higher learning is deeply troubling.”
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