Mandla Hlatshwayo the popular actor of Generations fame has been shot dead in Soweto while trying to protect women during a Mother’s Day armed robbery.
The former actor who was now a DJ at Jozi FM, which broadcasts to Soweto, Kagiso, Lenasia, Krugersdorp, Randfontein, Kempton Park, Germiston and Alberton, was with a colleague when he was shot at.
Police said both men were shot dead outside a pub in Pimville, Soweto, on Sunday night. Details remain sketchy, but initial reports said four men entered a pub and tried to rob female patrons of their cellphones. Hlatshwayo and his colleague intervened and were both shot dead.
No arrests have been reported.
