Nyanga Community Policing Forum (CPF) has condemned the fatal shooting of an elderly woman in Nyanga on Thursday evening 16 June at her house.
Lucy Nomzi Piyose-Ngcobo (65) is believed to have been killed by two gunmen who stormed her house.
It is believed she went to open the door after a knock, and in no time gunshots rang out.
She died at her bedroom door while trying to escape from the attackers.
Nyanga CPF Secretary Dumisani Qwebe said they condemn the brutal killing of an elderly woman.
“We do not agree on taking other people’s lives under any circumstances. Whatever happens between children should not affect their parents,” he said.
“We advise people to rather go to the police station and open a case than taking the law unto themselves. We call on police to follow any leads on this matter so that perpetrators are brought to book,” said Qwebe.
He said the area of Nyanga did not need such spilling of blood as it has been under microscope for many years as the murder capital in the country.
Qwebe said they were pleased to see the tag of being the country’s murder capital slowly disappearing.
However, he said such incidents affected efforts to improve Nyanga’s image.
Col Andrè Traut, Western Cape police spokesperson, said on Thursday 16 June at around 20:30 a 65-year-old woman was shot and killed at her residence in Ramone Road Mau-Mau Nyanga by unknown suspects.
No one has yet been arrested in connection with the shooting and the circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated.
