CHARLES MOLELE
THE Deputy Speaker in the KwaZulu Natal legislature and the former executive mayor of the Harry Gwala District Municipality, Mluleki Ndobe, allegedly shot and killed himself on Friday night.
KZN police confirmed on Saturday that Ndobe died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The police said the controversial ANC leader and the former deputy provincial secretary was with his family in the living room late on Friday night when the incident occurred.
“An inquest docket has been opened for investigation at Umbilo Police Station. This is after an incident that took place where a 46-year-old man was at his house at 56 Dan Pienaar Road in Umbilo yesterday at about 11 at night,” said police.
“According to the witness, he shot himself whilst seated with the family in the lounge and when the wife came back from the kitchen, she noticed that he was already dead. At the moment,
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