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I wish I could die: Heartbreak after land activist gunned down

Widow left in despair by assassination of a man who made many enemies while fighting for shack dwellers’ rights

24 May 2018
Jeff Wicks, The Times
Phumzile Mkhize weeps at her home in eKukhayeni in the wake of the murder of her husband, S’fiso Ngcobo.

Phumzile Mkhize weeps at her home in eKukhayeni in the wake of the murder of her husband, S’fiso Ngcobo. 
Image: Jeff Wicks

 

For Phumzile Mkhize – whose land rights activist husband S’fiso Ngcobo was gunned down just metres from his home on Tuesday night – the prospect of life without him is too much to bear.

“I wish I could die,” she said, as she wept at her home in the settlement of eKukhayeni near Mariannhill, west of Durban, on Wednesday.  Continue reading →