Cape Town - One of the Ses’khona People’s Movement leaders has been stabbed to death.

Thulani Zondani, who is part of the leadership of the movement and the deputy chairperson of the Khayelitsha Water and Sanitation Forum, was stabbed several times as he walked home from work. According to Andile Lili, the chairman of Ses’kona, a group of men accosted him. Lili said a passer-by helped him.

Police said they were investigating the circumstances surrounding his death.

“We are very sad at this vicious killing of a real fighter,” said the Khayelitsha Development Forum chairperson, Ndithini Tyhido.

Tyhido said he did not want to speculate about the motive surrounding the death of Zondani. “All I have to say is that the community is very angry and very scared,” he said.