PHUTI MOSOMANE
LOYISO Nkohla, the former Ses’khona People’s Movement leader who rose to prominence in 2010 for leading “poo protests” at the Cape Town International Airport in the Western Cape, was shot dead on Monday at the Philipi Railway Station.
Nkohla, 41, succumbed to gunshot wounds and died at the scene.
According to the police, Nkohla, dubbed the ‘poor thrower’ by the media, was attending a political meeting as mediator between Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) and the local community in Philipi, a low-income settlement on the Cape Flats in Cape Town.
Former ANC councillor, Thembinkosi Pupa, was also wounded during the shooting.
Nkohla was in Philippi, at the behest of PRASA, to engage the community who had occupied the Philippi Railway Station and the railway corridor, in the hopes of negotiating their relocation.
The Nyanga police are investigating cases of murder and attempted murder at the Philippi Railway
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