Johannesburg - Ua pana ʻia kahi mea kākau moʻolelo o North West i ka wā o ka pōā i ka hale hōkele a me ka casino ma Mafikeng, i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā mākaʻi i ka Pōʻalima.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Konela Lesego Metsi, ua pana ʻia ʻo Thabo Khongoana mai kahi kokoke mai me kahi pū AK-47.
“Ua pana ʻia ʻo ia ma hope ma ka umauma. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka mea i hiki ke alakaʻi i kēia pepehi kanaka. Ua manaʻo ʻia ua ʻike lākou he kamera kāna a no laila ua pana ʻia ʻo ia.
ʻO Khongoana ka mea hoʻoponopono a me ka mea hoʻopuka o ka Mafikeng-based TaxiTimes.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Metsi e pili ana i ʻeiwa mau kānaka ikaika i komo i ka hōkele ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā limahana palekana i ka pū a hoʻokuʻu ʻia me kahi kālā i hōʻike ʻole ʻia.
Ua haʻalele ʻia kahi pahu kaʻa lua Toyota i hoʻohana ʻia i ka pōā ma kahi o 3km mai ka hōkele.
"He mau helu hoʻopaʻa inoa hewa a manaʻo mākou ua ʻaihue ʻia."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Metsi e like me ka hōkele aia nā powa ma ka hale i ka pule i hala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mmabatho Palms Hotel Casino ua pana ʻia ʻo Khongoana i ka wā e haʻalele ana i ka hōkele ma hope o ka hele ʻana i kahi hana aupuni.
"ʻO kēia hana ʻino a me ka naʻaupō he mea hoʻonāukiuki loa iā mākou a pau. Makemake au e hāʻawi i ko mākou aloha nui i ka ʻohana, nā hoaaloha a me nā hoahana o ka mea i make.
"ʻO kā mākou mau manaʻo a me kā mākou pule me ka ʻohana a me nā mea aloha i kēia manawa paʻakikī," wahi a ka luna nui ʻo Mmabatho Palms ʻo Leon Nel i kahi ʻōlelo.
"Makemake mākou e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka poʻe malihini kipa a me nā poʻe kūpaʻa kūpaʻa ʻo ko lākou palekana ke hopohopo nui."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo North West premier Maureen Modiselle, ua aʻo ʻo ia me ka haʻalulu a me ke kaumaha e pili ana i ka make ʻole o Khongoana. "Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke aupuni āpau o North West, makemake wau e hoʻouna i nā hōʻoluʻolu i ka ʻohana Khongoana, nā limahana ma TaxiTimes a me nā poʻe a pau i ʻike i kēia kanaka i makemake nui i ka nūhou a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā media kaiaulu ma North West. mokuʻāina," wahi āna.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “On behalf of the entire North West provincial government, I will like to send condolences to the Khongoana family, the staff at TaxiTimes and everyone who knew this man who was so passionate about news and the development of community-based media in the North West province,”.
- A North West journalist was shot dead during an armed robbery at a hotel and casino in Mafikeng, police said on Thursday.
- It is suspected that they realised he had a camera and so he was shot.
