Melissa Sibanda, left, and pharmacist Nomzila Bayabonga Madinane,right, were shot dead at her newly opened pharmacy in KwaNyuswa, west of Durban, on Tuesday after three unknown gunmen armed with rifles and a pistol stormed the business and opened fire. A security guard later succumbed to a gunshot wound in hospital, while the two women died at the scene. Madinane will be laid to rest today.
The young pharmacist who was shot dead on Tuesday in KwaNyuswa, outside Bothas Hill in Durban’s outer west, will be laid to rest today at her rural home in Denny Dalton near the northern KwaZulu-Natal town of Ulundi.
Nomzila Bayabonga Madinane, 27, was killed along with her cashier, Melissa Sibanda, at her new pharmacy, Nomuzi Pharmacy, by three unknown gunmen armed with rifles and a pistol. The security guard who tried to fight back was also shot in the head and died later in the hospital.
Ward councillor Linda Mchunu said community members and neighbouring businesses were left traumatised by the incident.
“We visited the scene shortly after the shooting. Staff members from a supermarket next to the pharmacy were visibly shaken. They are extremely shocked because this is the first time something like this has happened in this area,” said Mchunu.
