Political killings kzn
Zweli Mkhize denies allegations that police raided his home
This follows reports that police swooped into his house as part of an operation investigating the role of private security companies in political assassinations...
The KwaZulu-Natal premier will present the report in the provincial legislature on Thursday.
The party's publicity secretary Zakhele Mazikubo was killed in an ambush last night between Escourt and Colenso after leaving a district meeting.
The minister says since the task team began its work in mid-July, 28 arrests have been made and from this number, 22 suspects have been denied bail.
Police say the man killed sustained injuries to the body and was declared dead at the scene.
KZN ANCYL Secretary Thanduxolo Sabela says he doesn't believe the shooting was random.
Violence monitor Mary De Haas says the patterns are worrying and the leadership of the various political formations have a lot to prove now going into 2019 elections.
Nkosikhona Maxhakana was shot dead at his home at the weekend.
Parliament's Police Committee chair Francois Beukman says Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi is experienced enough to lead the interventions needed in KZN.
Sifiso Cele was gunned down by armed men who had entered his home in the early hours of on Monday morning.
Athandiwe Saba, who also works for the _Mail & Guardian_, says most of the political killings are centred within the KwaZulu-Natal ANC because the province’s size makes it a kingmaker.
The man assigned to the Council Speaker Jabu Ngubo was shot once, before being dragged out of the official vehicle and shot several more times at close range.
Disputed provincial chairperson Sihle Zikalala says while the ANC has been most affected by the violence, the killings are part of a bigger societal problem.
The provincial leadership says that it will put together two task teams to probe the underlying causes of the murders.
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal says it doesn’t have the resources to protect all its councillors despite the spike in the number of members being murdered.
The provincial party held a briefing on its plans to deal with political challenges facing KwaZulu-Natal.
Zweli Mkhize says that after the December conference, the ANC must focus on the integrity of its leaders so that South Africans can regain trust in the organisation.
KZN Ipid ethics manager Amar Maharaj says days before he was due to appear before the commission he was harassed and questioned on his authority to submit evidence.
Salga says that the murders have taken place in municipalities that are already dysfunctional and have weak human resources systems.