Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) Councillors who worked with the slain United Democratic Movement (UDM) Councillor Luxolo Namette have described him as a dedicated and honest person.
Namette was gunned down in Motherwell in Gqeberha on Saturday.
He served as the Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPEC) chairperson before the elections.
Namette was also set to return to council as the UDM clinched three seats in the metro.
Former Good Party councillor Lawrence Troon says he had a close working relationship with Namette.
Troon says, “When the position of MPEC chair came up, he came to me and asked, ‘Troon, must I take it because we all use to belong to one block’, I said, ‘Namette, take it as you can make a difference to it’, but the sad thing is, who would have thought this type of killings would come to NMB.”
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Reporting by Nandipha Plaatjie.