TRAGEDY AT WSU: Senior university official gunned down outside Mthatha Campus
By Sitha Maliwa:
Sinethemba Mpambane (Image: WSU website)
A veil of grief has fallen over Walter Sisulu University (WSU) following the shocking assassination of one of its highest-ranking officials. Sinethemba Mpambane, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Institutional Support and Development, was brutally gunned down outside the university’s Nkululekweni facility on the evening of Wednesday, 19 June 2025.
The ambush unfolded at approximately 6:00 PM, just metres from the university’s Nelson Mandela Drive Campus, along the busy N2 highway. Witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots before discovering Mr. Mpambane slumped in the driver’s seat of his vehicle, fatally wounded, his life cut short in a calculated and cold-blooded attack.
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