By Akani Nkuna
THE Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Gauteng have confirmed the death of the party’s Regional Deputy Secretary and a Public Representative in the City of Johannesburg, Moshe Mphahlele, who died after being shot allegedly by members of a private security company.
The circumstances surrounding Mphahlele’s death are currently under investigation, but unconfirmed reports said he was shot during a protest for service delivery by private security police in the presence of the Joburg Metro Police Department.
Reports said police were deployed on Sunday night to contain a protest in Alexandra Township, outside of Johannesburg, by the community who were protesting against the manner in which flats in Bramley were allocated.
Police were said to have fired shots in an effort to disperse the protestors and Mphahlele was shot in the process.
However, Gauteng police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo confirmed that the SAPS were not part of the
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