[1][2] On 30 September 2013, at the age of 17 years, Nzuza died when a police officer shot her in the back of her head during an anti-eviction protest organised by Marikana residents.
[dead link][9][10] There were a range of letters and statements on the matter by well-known US based academics such as Noam Chomsky[11] and Anglican Bishop Rubin Phillip.
[12] Chomsky wrote a letter to the Mail & Guardian newspaper in Johannesburg along with other signatories, which included Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and John Holloway.
They urged Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa and James Nxumalo, the local Mayor to put an end to the violent attacks on activists and their homes.
[11] In 2018 a Cato Manor police officer, Phumlani Ndlovu, was convicted of murder and was sentenced to ten years in prison.