/ 6 September 1999

TRANSKEI PENSIONER KILLED FOR R200

A Transkei pensioner was shot dead by a group of men armed with R5 semi-automatic rifles just minutes after returning home from Maclear with his monthly pension money and shopping bag of groceries on Friday evening. Police representative Nondumisa Jafta said Speelman Maxoxo (65) and his wife had just returned home to Ngqayi when the armed gang burst in. The old man put up a brave fight until one of the men shot him in the stomach. The gang fled with Maxoxo’s groceries and R200.