PRESS RELEASE FROM eMASANGWENI COMMUNITY
9 January 2009

eMasangweni Community Still Awaits Justice for 2006 Farm Killing

In 2006, two school boys from eMasangweni were killed at an area farm by two employees of Farm Watch. Five boys were crossing a sugarcane field on the afternoon of June 17. After being spotted in the field they were chased by Farm Watch; and after surrendering to the guards, two boys were fatally shot. Thembinkosi Mpanza, age 19, was shot in the head and died instantly. Vukani Shange, age 15, died a few months later from gunshot wounds to his abdomen.