David Nkosingiphile Nxumalo, a resident of Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, has been identified as the University of Johannesburg student who was slain in a drive-by shooting. Blade Nzimande, the minister of higher education, made this revelation on Monday at a press briefing.
Nzimande reported having a meeting with Nxumalo’s progeny.
The passing of an 18-year-old second-year BCom accounting student, whose mother works as a domestic servant, is a tragic development. This is a recipient of NSFAS funds. They would have altered their family’s situation,” he remarked. As a parent who has sent their children to college, I can relate to this. Instead of a casket, you wish to fetch them in their gowns.
Universities are also being impacted by the violence in society. This demonstrates the difficulty facing our society and the need for the government to step up its efforts to combat crime.
We recognize that this is a consequence of violence related to taxis. We learn from this peculiar event that life may be somewhat unpredictable. It was discovered that the deceased came from a six-person family. Among his siblings, he was the youngest.
Nzimande stated, “Three siblings are present along with the rest of the family.”
Nxumalo was one of the three individuals shot. He was struck by a stray bullet while on a bus that was returning students to their homes. There was one more student on the bus who was hurt. The occupants of a BMW that was parked by the side of the road were the other two fatalities. They are thought to have been the shooting’s intended targets.
The student who was hurt in the drive-by gunshot on Thursday at the intersection of Bertha and Jorissen streets remains hospitalized. According to Nzimande, they are talking to colleges and universities about employee and student safety.
He stated that the distance from the university and lodging is a cause for concern.
“It is not an ideal circumstance that we have to use private accommodations. I argued that we should only construct housing for universities and colleges when I first became a minister. We have fallen far behind.
Nzimande offered the family and the higher education community his sympathy.
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