Calls for speedy arrests in SACP leader Siswana and daughter's murders

Siswana and six-year-old Banele were gunned down in Mfuleni on Wednesday evening by unknown assailants. Police spokesperson Brig Novela Potelwa said two men, who had their faces covered, stormed the house of Siswana, who was 44.

"One of the suspects fired several shots at the occupants. As a result, Siswana and his daughter died," Potelwa said.Family friend Funeka Dlali, who visited Nokwanda in hospital, told Sowetan's sister publication TimesLIVE yesterday she was in a critical condition. Dlali said Banele had been in Grade 1."They were playing with Banele's toys in the front part of the house before they were killed."

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