{"id":1475,"date":"2025-08-14T18:17:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swazidailynews.com\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2025-08-14T18:17:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:17:51","slug":"waxola-survives-assassination-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/1475\/eswatini-daily-news\/waxola-survives-assassination-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Waxola survives assassination attempt."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Renowned businessman Mxolisi &#8216;Waxola&#8217; Mabuza survived an attempt on his life on Wednesday night as his car was shot at more than four times by unknown people.<\/p>\n<p>This incident happened at around 10:30pm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1480\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1480\" src=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-14-at-6.13.47-PM-189x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"1390\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mxolisi &#8216;Waxola&#8217; Mabuza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Information obtained from reliable sources was to the effect that Mabuza\u2019s assailants were allegedly lying in wait for him near the entrance of his home situated at Ngculwini area.<\/p>\n<p>This, according to the sources, was because the shooters immediately opened fire as soon as they saw his car preparing to enter his homestead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Renowned businessman Mxolisi &#8216;Waxola&#8217; Mabuza survived an attempt on his life on Wednesday night as his car was&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,25,26],"tags":[46,73,48,58],"class_list":["post-1475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eswatini-daily-news","category-national","category-swaziland","tag-africa","tag-eswatini","tag-feature","tag-national","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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