ANC official's murder: Reward offered
2012-12-20 21:18
Johannesburg - Police have offered a R200 000 reward for
information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers of a North West
ANC official.
David Mosiane Chika, 33, the party's regional secretary
in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, was shot at point-blank range
in the driveway of his home in Alabama, Klerksdorp, last Friday.
He had stopped his vehicle at the gate at 01:00 and told
his wife not to leave the house, because he had seen someone lurking outside.
He then went to investigate.
Police said Chika's wife heard a gunshot followed by
footsteps.
Someone jumped the fence and ran to a car parked outside
the yard.
She screamed for help and went to check on her husband.
Neighbours helped her take him to Klerksdorp Hospital,
but he was certified dead shortly after his arrival.
Two days later, at the opening of the ANC conference in
Mangaung, President Jacob Zuma spoke out against party political violence, in a
clear reference to Chika's murder.
"What could be so much at stake that they would go
so far to get their own way?" he asked.
In the week leading up to the conference, a disgruntled
group of North West ANC members had failed in a court bid to alter the
province's representation at Mangaung.
Hawks spokesperson Paul Ramaloko said anyone with
information may contact Colonel Clifford Kgorane on 082 492 3921, or
Lieutenant-Colonel Rasekaka Makuoane on 071 481 2574.
- SAPA
