The family of the young man who was gunned down with his friend want justice. Litha Govuza and his friend who cannot be named because he fears for his were shot while waiting for their orders in a foreign national tuckshop on February 19.
Unfortunately Govuza was declared dead when he arrived at the hospital while.jis friend survived after he was shot twice in both legs. Govuza sustained five shot wounds and died on his way to hospital.
According to Apostle Tata Nxesi the Leader of Kingdom of God Ministries International in Driftsands in Mfuleni, Cape Town where Govuza was a keyboard player, said they want justice to prevail after Govuza was was and killed in front of two young children.
“On the Saturday (21 February 2026) evening after we were preparing for the Sunday Service with the Litha and the survivor and others, they decided to drop some people off in their himes and later they were meant to go join their study group and study Maths. While they were on their way to their study group, they decided to stop at the local shop and buy food and energy drinks.
“While they were still waiting for their orders, the criminals emerged from nowhere and started shooting at them for no reason. We are very traumatized about what happened to Litha who was a God fearing young man. A young man who wanted to perfect his Maths and go and study in University next year. Now it is all a dream which he will never realize because they took his life away. Litha was shot in tje head five times and his friend was shot twice in both legs,” he said.
On Friday a video emerged of a gunman from a Toyota Avanza, mumbling to himself and saying, “You think I’m playing?”who then then shouted at one of the men to get his attention, but when he attempted to shoot him in the back, the gun jammed.
One of the accomplices urged the gunman to shoot and stop talking. Both victims were shot in front of two young children who were inside the store.
According sources the two boys were shot in case of alleged misidentity.
“There are groups who extort money from these foreign nationals. These boys who are on the video shooting at those two boys had came earlier to extort loney but the shopowner told them that there is a group that came earlier and took the money. The boys left and came back armed and find Litha and his friend at the shop, they then thought it was the other group tjat had collected money earlier,” two well known sources said.