Reports say that the wife of the Mayor of Umjindi Municipality and a number of other government officials have been hurt after police fired rubber bullets to disperse public sector strikers at the government offices in Nelspruit.
Richard Lukhele, the mayor, has confirmed that his wife, Nontobeko Lukhele, was wounded on the cheek by a rubber bullet. She is an events manager in the department of health. Police fired the rubber bullets after striking workers allegedly prevented non-unionised members from entering the government complex in Nelspruit. Police also used teargas to disperse the crowd of striking workers.
