#FirstThingsFirst - Paul Mashatile shooting incident an "attempted assassination"?

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The EFF said it is concerned that the Presidency did not announce the assassination attempt on Deputy President Paul Mashatile. According to reports, one of Mashatile’s official vehicles was hit by three bullets while he was travelling on the N12 highway from an ANC NEC meeting in Boksburg, Gauteng. EFF wants transparency around Mashatile shooting The EFF said the attack is a “threat to national security”. SACP says incident is ‘direct attack on the democratic institutions of SA’ Do you agree with the EFF and SACP or do you believe this incident was staged? That's what the team and .listeners deliberated on #FirstThingsFirst.
22 Apr 12AM English South Africa Entertainment News

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