“On Friday morning he came to load the trucks to take water to Beaufort West. He was dropped off here at 5pm by the company vehicle‚” said Sablay.
“At 6.50pm we received a phone call to say Ameerodien has been shot. He died instantly‚” said Sablay.
According to neighbours and his family‚ three gang members came from a neighbourhood controlled by a rival gang. They shot at anyone in sight because‚ according to community members‚ anyone in territory belonging to an enemy gang is seen as a target.
Four other people were also shot in the incident but survived.
According to community members‚ out of six people who were shot this week in Hanover Park only one was a known gangster.
Two weeks ago protesters barricaded roads leading into the area in an attempt to bring attention to the gang problems‚ prompting the start of what has now become a national movement in gang infested communities known as the Total Shutdown movement.
Police minister Bheki Cele is expected to make an appearance at Noordien’s funeral service which is being hosted by Gift of the Givers in a large tent outside his parent’s house‚ 15 metres from where he was killed.
The farming community which Noordien helped to deliver aid to has also resolved to set up a fund to help his mother Fatimah with her ailing health and to buy medication for a chronic kidney disorder.