Councillor Lebo Dlamini said she was shot four times with rubber bullets, allegedly by a police officer, and attempted murder is being investigated.
A police officer and an Economic Freedom Fighters councillor have been wounded during an ongoing protest over service delivery in Kwaggafontein in Mpumalanga.
A building of the offices of the social development department and a bakkie were burnt during a service delivery protest in Kwaggafontein in Mpumalanga, 17 April 2019. Picture: Balise Mabona / ANA She managed to drive to the local clinic to seek treatment while bleeding profusely and enduring a lot of pain, but found the facility closed as a result of the protest, Dlamini said.
A number of shops were damaged and looted during a service delivery protest in Kwaggafontein in Mpumalanga, 17 April 2019. Picture: Balise Mabona / ANA
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