The suspect who stabbed to death an ANC voting district coordinator in Nquthu in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday night is still at large‚ but police say he was known to the victim and his family. ANC activist Siphamandla Ngobese (36) was stabbed several times in the Ohaleni area of the far northern KZN municipality just after he had returned from a rally addressed by party deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa in KwaDlangamandla‚ Ward 17. He was a coordinator for two voting districts in Leni and Mathamo in Ward 15. "The motive is unknown except that there was a fight in Ohaleni after a football match around 10pm and one person was stabbed. He was taken to hospital where he died. No arrests at this stage. The suspect was known to the victim and his family‚" said KZN police spokesman Colonel Thulani Zwane. While campaigning in Nquthu on Friday and Saturday‚ Ramaphosa spoke out strongly against violence ahead of the May 24 by-elections. Ngobese was also famous as a leader of the award-winning tra...
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