Political assasinations and the "party"

**Sean Murphy** · 12-05-2016, 17:54

It's an election year and many positions are being hotly contested by various factions of the ANC. I expect there will be a lot of "political Flu" going around.

**curious george** · 16-05-2016, 23:40

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...-dead-20160516

**curious george** · 21-05-2016, 14:03

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...ivist-20160520

**curious george** · 02-06-2016, 17:47

http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/...rom-detectives

Three ANC leaders assassinated in 48 hours‚ party wants answers from detectives

Matthew Savides | 02 June, 2016 16:54

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The African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal is reeling after three party leaders were gunned down in the province in just 48 hours.

On Wednesday afternoon‚ soon after leaving a meeting in Mbali township‚ Pietermaritzburg‚ branch chairman Nathi Hlongwa was shot and killed.

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The day before‚ 39-year-old Simo Mncwabe - who had hastily resigned as Mooi Mpofana municipality chief financial officer on Monday - was shot and killed while talking his children to school in Edendale‚ also in Pietermaritzburg.

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A third ANC member‚ identified as Makhathini‚ was murdered at Inchanga‚ halfway between Durban and Pietermaritzburg‚ between Monday and Tuesday.

"In the last two days‚ three comrades have been gunned down. We see this is an attempt to instill fear so that we will be paralysed by such senseless killings and stay away from campaigning‚" said ANC provincial spokesman Mdumiseni Ntuli on Thursday.

However‚ he would not speculate on the reasons for the murders - but refused to rule out that it was internal politics.
"It's very difficult to speculate at the moment about whether it is internal or if it's external from other parties…because that can inflame a dangerous attitude and lead to a very bad situation‚" said Ntuli.

However‚ Ntuli said that it was clear that these killings were targeted hits.

He said Hlongwa‚ who was the branch chairman at ward 12 in Edendale‚ was shot multiple times‚ showing that it "was an assasination of some sort".

"What worries us is that there seems to be a consistent pattern of how our comrades are being targeted. We are depending on law enforcement agencies to shed some light on developments‚" he said.

**curious george** · 09-06-2016, 19:12

https://www.enca.com/south-africa/tw...etermaritzburg

DURBAN - Two ANC leaders in Moses Mabhida region were shot at on Tuesday evening while returning from a party meeting around 8pm.

One of the leaders died on the spot while the other is recovering in hospital.

The MEC for Community Safety and Liaison Mxolisi Kaunda, will visit their homes on Thursday morning.

The SA Human Rights Commission says it’s concerned at the increasing number of political killings.

The commission says it's also worried that few arrests and convictions have been made.

It's welcomed the establishment of a police task team to probe the killings.

But warns that parties need to do more in order to put a stop to the scourge.

More than 10 people have been shot dead in politically motivated killings over the past eight months ahead of the August 3 polls. Most of the shootings occurred in KwaZulu-Natal, with several cases in reported in Mpumalanga.

**curious george** · 09-06-2016, 19:16

https://www.enca.com/south-africa/ma...tical-killings

Here is a list of all the murders we counted since October last year:

October 6, 2015 – ANC ward 10 councillor, Mziwendoda Mzi Ncwane, 52, shot dead in Maizeland, Umzinto.

November 20, 2015 – ANC ward councillor and ward 33 branch chairperson Fundisile Nqinelo, shot dead in Nkaneng, Marikana.

Decenber 17, 2015 – Zukile Nyontso, a 39-year-old bodyguard, shot dead in an attack on OR Tambo ANC regional chairman and Mhlontlo council speaker, Xolile Nkompela. He was killed in Bakhangele village outside Tsolo.

December 31, 2015 – Siphiwe Zulu, ANC ward 51 councillor, shot dead in Witpoortjie.

January 23, 2016 – Philip Dlamini, 68, and an unknown man were shot dead at an SACP meeting in Inchanga, Durban.

April 16, 2016 – ANC councillor, Zodwa Sibiya, shot dead at Glebelands hostel in Umlazi.

April 22, 2016 – ANC member Themba Tobo, shot dead at his home in Richards Bay.

May 16, 2016 – ANC councillor Bhekithemba “Thambi” Goodwill Nyembe and his wife, shot in Emasundwini, Nongoma. Nyembe was shot dead and his wife was critically wounded.

May 27, 2016 – ANC branch deputy chairperson in ward 23 Michael “Zane” Phelembe, shot dead in Pienaar, Mbombela in Mpumalanga.

May 28, 2016 – Simo Mcwabe, chief financial officer at the Mooi Mpofana municipality, shot dead in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg.

May 29, 2016 – Nathi Hlongwa, the ANC branch chairman, shot dead in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg.