Political assasinations and the "party"

**Johann du Toit** · 08-04-2017, 11:51

Originally Posted by Kaptein L

You will see it is an stock shot not an actual photo of an firearm found on the scene.

That makes about as much sense as posting a political story under the picture of a gorilla. Never thought fake news would go this far.

**curious george** · 08-04-2017, 15:16

Originally Posted by Johann du Toit

That makes about as much sense as posting a political story under the picture of a gorilla. Never thought fake news would go this far.

WTF has a picture got anything to do with this thread? When I click on the link that I posted all I see is a picture pf Lindiwe Sisulu.

**G33** · 08-04-2017, 16:29

Originally Posted by curious george

WTF has a picture got anything to do with this thread? When I click on the link that I posted all I see is a picture pf Lindiwe Sisulu.

I doubt he clicked the link..
I doubt he read the article...

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**curious george** · 30-05-2017, 19:37

http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/6f928a0...lula--20170530

**curious george** · 14-07-2017, 19:20

Fun times if you in the incorrect faction it seems:

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...llors-20170714

ANC condemns shooting of three KZN party councillors

2017-07-14 09:31 Mxolisi Mngadi, News24

Durban – The ANC has condemned the shooting of three of its councillors, including former ANC Youth League secretary general Sindiso Magaqa, in Umzimkhulu, isouthern KwaZulu-Natal, on Thursday night.

Magaqa, Umzimkhulu’s Ward 11 councillor Nonsikelelo Mafa and Ward 16 councillor Jabu Mzizi were returning from an ANC regional meeting when they were shot. They are currently in hospital.

Umzimkhulu falls under the party’s Harry Gwala Region, which is going to its regional conference soon.

Three ANC councillors were shot dead between April and May this year in the same region.

ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa told News24 on Friday that "the act was barbaric".

"We condemn the act in [the] strongest possible way. Law enforcement agencies, especially the police must do everything to bring the perpetrators to book," he said.
He said they were worried about the continuous killing of political leaders in KZN.

'Police and law enforcement agencies must act'

"The killing of public representatives in the form of councillors undermines people’s confidence in a democratic system, where you elect leaders and they get assassinated. Something must be urgently done to bring an end to political killings," he said.

Asked whether the ANC has a plan to curb the continuous shootings of its councillors in the province, Kodwa said: "It’s not an ANC plan because it’s an act of criminality. Police and law enforcement agencies must act," he said.

ANCYL KZN secretary Thanduxolo Sabelo confirmed that the three are still in hospital and said they have no doubt that the shooting is politically motivated.

"We view these shootings and killings as senseless, brutal and barbaric. We call upon the government to deploy police in the region," he said.

On the recent killings in the same region, he said police must conduct a full investigation into the killings and apprehend perpetrators and "those who planned the killings".
Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi confirmed the shooting of the three councillors.

"We are still investigating. Information is still sketchy as we still have to take statements from the victims who are still in hospital," he said

**karoo.vellies** · 14-07-2017, 19:56

Some more detail

http://m.news24.com/news24/SouthAfri...s-mec-20170714

Shooting of ANC councillors in KZN could plunge ‘region into a war zone’ – MEC
Mxolisi Mngadi, News24 | News24
17:09 14/07/2017
Umzimkhulu - The shooting of three Umzimkhulu ANC councillors, in southern KwaZulu-Natal, threatens to plunge the municipality into chaos and render it ungovernable, the provincial government said on Friday.

Former ANC Youth League secretary general Sindiso Magaqa, Ward 11 councillor Nonsikelelo Mafa and Ward 16 councillor Jabu Mzizi are currently "in a critical but stable condition" after they were shot and injured on Thursday night while returning from an ANC meeting.

Community Safety MEC Mxolisi Kaunda told journalists at a press briefing held at the Umzimkhulu council chambers that the shooting had taken place at the Ibisi bus stop.

"As the victims arrived at the bus stop, they were attacked by unknown assailants who were armed with rifles. They sustained serious injuries after the suspects unleashed a hail of bullets at their car," Kaunda said.

He revealed that the councillors were under heavy police guard in hospital.

Kaunda said, in a space of four months, two councillors and a former councillor from the same municipality have been shot dead. "This is a direct attack on our democratic institutions and the right of people to elect their public representatives," he said.

'War zone'

He said government had observed with concern that the modus operandi used in the Umzimkhulu killings was similar.

"Indeed, there are elements that are on the clandestine campaign to turn this region into a war zone," he said.

He said all cases of political shootings and killings in the municipality were now being handled by the National Police Task Team, "which is already in the area".

Neither Kaunda nor KwaZulu-Natal Co-operative Governance MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube would comment on whether the hits on the three councillors were carried out by other ANC members. "For us, a criminal is a criminal. Nobody will be allowed to hide behind the flag of a political party," Dube-Ncube said.

She reiterated that those "in the dark", planning and financing political killings, must be brought to book.

'Barbaric'

Criminals should be separated from those leaders who were responsive to the aspirations of the community, added Kaunda.

"The law will not massage those in high positions in political organisations on the basis of the position they hold," Kaunda said. Earlier on Friday, the ANC and the ANCYL in the province condemned the attack.

ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa described the shootings as "barbaric". ANCYL provincial secretary Thanduxolo Sabela said they had no doubt that the shootings were politically motivated. Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi confirmed the shooting.

He said no arrest had yet been made. Political analysts who have testified at the Moerane Commission into political killings in KwaZulu-Natal said most killings were related to competition over political positions.

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**curious george** · 15-07-2017, 17:17

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...reats-20170715

'I will find you and kill you': Makhosi Khoza posts screengrabs of death threats

2017-07-15 13:05 Jan Cronje, News24 Correspondent

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Cape Town - ANC MP Makhosi Khoza revealed on Friday some of the threats she has received, by posting to Facebook screengrabs of text messages sent to her cellphone calling for her death.

"This is what I go through everyday. Now I am told I have 21 days to live. I have reported to the police, but nothing has happened!” she wrote in an accompanying post.
Khoza, the the chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, has been an outspoken critic of what she has called the "politics of patronage" within the ANC.

She is on the record as writing to Speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete to request that the upcoming motion of no confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma be done via a secret ballot for safety reasons.

The vote will take place on August 8, and the ANC in Parliament has called on its MPs to vote against the motion.

The texts she posted to her Facebook page on Friday are all from the same number.
One text, sent on Wednesday, states: "I will find you and kill you." Another text from the same number on Thursday states: "You have 21 days before you die."

Khoza responded to the anonymous sender, asking who was sending the texts and why they wanted her dead. The responding text read: "Vote against the motion and withdraw your statements and comments about the secret ballot. Do what is best for yourself and family."
Khoza replied to the threat: "Rubbish. Go ahead."

When News24 called the number on Saturday morning, it rang and then went to voicemail.

'Lack of action'

Khoza’s post on Facebook was shared over 1 500 times, and received over 450 comments. Most of the comments were supportive of her stance.

The ANC MP has also received support from a group of ANC stalwarts and veterans. In a media statement earlier this month, the group said it fully supported her.
"We recognize her as a loyal member of the ANC and applaud her courage as she continues to speak truth to power and to fight for economic justice for all South Africans," their statement read.

"We are shocked at the harassment and death threats that she has received, and shocked at the lack of action by those in Parliament, the police and the ANC, who could act to protect her, but fail to do so."

ANC chief whip in Parliament Jackson Mthembu last week also denounced threats against Khoza. In a statement he said that while the ANC was "aggrieved by her conduct" in openly criticising leaders and not toeing the party line, threats against her were to be condemned outright.

"Nobody in our organisation or in the country has the right to vilify or threaten her and her family. She, like any South African enjoys the right to safety as enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa," he said.

**curious george** · 15-07-2017, 17:19

More dangerous than before, wounded and dying...

related news

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...tions-20170715

**curious george** · 18-07-2017, 10:52

http://www.netwerk24.com/Nuus/Misdaa...oorde-20170717

**curious george** · 18-07-2017, 12:27

Seems the anc is taking this culling thing quite seriously,one has to wonder if the weapons used are/were booked out of Luthuli House?

https://www.algoafm.co.za/article/lo...llor-shot-dead

The Speaker of the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality at Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape has been shot dead.

Provincial police spokesperson, Colonel Sibongile Soci, said Thozama Njobe, was shot late on Monday night in Fort Beaufort.

She said a manhunt has been launched for her killer.

"It is alleged that was she shot at close range by an unknown person, while she and another person were driving from a gathering in New Town, Fort Beaufort," said Soci.
She said Njobe sustained wounds in the upper body and was taken to hospital for medical attention where she was certified dead on arrival.

Eastern Cape Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Liziwe Ntshinga, said: "seasoned detectives assigned to investigate the murder of Thozama Njobe will work around the clock to follow up all information and leads in the case to ensure that the suspect is arrested and brought to justice."

"We request the Fort Beaufort community to stand up together and provide the police with information on the identity and whereabouts of the perpetrator and any information that will assist with the investigation", she said.

DA councillor in the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality, Cecilia Freestone Auld said that she was "shocked and saddened" by Njobe's murder.

In a message on Facebook, she said that Njobe "was a lady of class and so keen to root out corruption and do the right thing."

"No doubt faction fighting had a role to play here. Challenging days lie ahead as councillors in opposition we will have to be cautious," wrote Freestone Auld.

The SACP in the Eastern Cape condemned Njobe’s murder saying “we are calling on law enforcement authorities to act swiftly in bringing the perpetrators of the atrocious crime to book,” said SACP Siyabonga Mdodi.

“As the SACP, we condemn this atrocious act of what appears to be an assassination. We hope this is not linked to factional proxy battles and politics of rent-seeking in the ANC,” Mdodi said.

“Our province has always been characterized by the culture of political tolerance, and so it should remain. In the event that this may be linked to any form of political intolerance whether within or outside the congress movement, it will be representing an unfortunate departure from how the province has always been politically,” he said.