Yet another community leader has been shot at for taking a stand against xenophobic violence on the Cape Flats.
A day after South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) member, Pasika Tyawana, told the Daily Voice about the attempt on his life, another member has been shot at.
Thelma Duda, 31, says business owners in Wallacedene and Bloekombos want her dead because she publicly declared that refugees should be allowed to stay in the country.
Thelma says two men shot at her and her family on Tuesday night, narrowly missing her and her four-year-old son Linda while they sat in their home, which is also a spaza shop.
"They fired one bullet and it passed both of us and hit the wall," she says.
"They ran away and I couldn't get a good look at them because they had hooded tops on."
Thelma, Sanco's Secretary General, recently attended a meeting in Bloekombos where she told local business people they would have her to deal with if they hurt any foreigners.
"In the other meeting on Thursday, I said the same thing but I didn't think they would hire people to shoot me," says the Wallacedene woman.
"I don't feel safe, those men pretended to be customers and they saw I was with my family and they didn't care about the five children in the house."
She says one of the shooters walked past her house in a cap on Wednesday.
"He had a gun in his hand and hid it with his sleeve, he probably came to finish his job," she says.
Kraaifontein police spokesperson Gerhard Niemand says they have opened an attempted murder docket. - Daily Voice
A day after South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) member, Pasika Tyawana, told the Daily Voice about the attempt on his life, another member has been shot at.
Thelma Duda, 31, says business owners in Wallacedene and Bloekombos want her dead because she publicly declared that refugees should be allowed to stay in the country.
Thelma says two men shot at her and her family on Tuesday night, narrowly missing her and her four-year-old son Linda while they sat in their home, which is also a spaza shop.
"They fired one bullet and it passed both of us and hit the wall," she says.
"They ran away and I couldn't get a good look at them because they had hooded tops on."
Thelma, Sanco's Secretary General, recently attended a meeting in Bloekombos where she told local business people they would have her to deal with if they hurt any foreigners.
"In the other meeting on Thursday, I said the same thing but I didn't think they would hire people to shoot me," says the Wallacedene woman.
"I don't feel safe, those men pretended to be customers and they saw I was with my family and they didn't care about the five children in the house."
She says one of the shooters walked past her house in a cap on Wednesday.
"He had a gun in his hand and hid it with his sleeve, he probably came to finish his job," she says.
Kraaifontein police spokesperson Gerhard Niemand says they have opened an attempted murder docket. - Daily Voice
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