But it was one of more than 80 “political killings” in KwaZulu-Natal in the last six years. They included a candidate who hopes to be elected party leader at the ANC’s conference in December, cabinet ministers and top provincial ANC officials. The murders were “a phenomenon within the ANC”, Senzo Mchunu, a former top ANC official, has said. “These are corruption killings, not political killings,” Dube said. The commission set up by the KZN government to investigate the political killings has heard repeated testimony that political killings are related to local competition over official posts and patronage.

Source: The Guardian November 01, 2017 09:36 UTC