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Eastern Cape police said a security guard was shot and killed after four suspects demanded entry into a clinic in Ngqeleni. (Phil Fisk/Getty Images)
Eastern Cape police said a security guard was shot and killed after four suspects demanded entry into a clinic in Ngqeleni. (Phil Fisk/Getty Images)

Nursing unions have called on the Eastern Cape Department of Health to ensure proper safety measures for staff after another robbery, at a rural clinic in Ngqeleni, near Mthatha.

A security guard was shot and killed during a robbery at Maqanyeni Clinic in Ngqeleni on Friday night.

Dakhile Ngobe, 40, from Tyeks Security Services, died in a hail of bullets when four suspects pounced on him and his female colleague at the clinic. Ngobe's colleague was not injured.

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