Solly Msimanga of the D.A waves to his suppoters after being officially installed as the new mayor for the City of Tshwane, South Africa, August 19, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer SOUTH AFRICA OUT.
The mayor of South African capital Pretoria was ‘carjacked’ outside a restaurant in the early hours of Saturday by an armed gang that stole his silver Mercedes Benz.
Solly Msimanga, 37, has been mayor of Tshwane, the official name of Pretoria city and surrounding districts, since the opposition Democratic Alliance party won local elections in 2016.
“I was coming out of the restaurant after dinner when two guys approached me. As I was about to get into my car, one takes out a gun,” he told local media, admitting he was shaken by the incident.
“As I was standing there, they came pointed at me with…
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