Death of Nqobile Nzuza
Nqobile Nzuza was a resident in the Marikana Land Occupation in Cato Crest in Durban. She was a member of the shackdwellers' social movement Abahlali baseMjondolo.[1]
On 30 September 2013, at the age of 17 years, Ms. Nzuza was shot dead during an anti-eviction protest organised by Marikana residents.[2]
Police admitted to shooting Nzuza, and another resident who was wounded, but claimed they were acting in self-defence.[3]
The death caused significant controversy. There were a range of letters and statements on the matter by well-known US based academics such as Noam Chomsky[4] and Anglican Bishop Rubin Phillip.[5]
In 2018 a police officer, convicted of the murder in late 2017, was sentenced to ten years in prison.[6]
Notes and references
- ^ Sacrifice After Mandela: Liberation and Liberalization Among South Africa’s First Post-Apartheid Generation, Kerry Chance, Anthropological Quarterly, 2015
- ^ Nqobile Nzuza, a 17 Year Old School Girl, Shot Dead with Live Ammunition by the Cato Manor SAPS, Abahlali baseMjondolo, 30 September 2013
- ^ In Durban's Cato Manor: Death by protest, death by dissent, Khadija Patel, Daily Maverick, 1 October 2013
- ^ Letter from Chomsky, Zizek, et al to Jacob Zuma, President, Republic of South Africa, 4 October 2013
- ^ In Durban's Cato Manor: Death by protest, death by dissent, Khadija Patel, Daily Maverick, 1 October 2013
- ^ Ten years in prison not enough for cop who killed my daughter, says Durban mother, Nomfundo Xolo, GroundUp, 17 January 2018