A PROMINENT traditional leader and his son were among three men shot dead in an ambush in Ematimatolo in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands on Tuesday morning, according to a police report on Wednesday. Senior Superintendent Henry Budhram said Themba Nyoka (55), his son Sicelo (21) and Sipanelo Dladla (30) were shot dead while travelling along the main road in Ntembisweni by a group of armed men. The men fired on the car from both sides of the road. Nyoka was acting chief of the Bomvu clan in Ntembisweni and chaired the community policing forum in the area.