The fight for positions is behind KwaZulu-Natal killings, says Fikile Mbalula
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula believes that some ANC leaders in KwaZulu-Natal are resorting to murder in the fight for positions and tenders and to cover up corruption.Mbalula, speaking during an interview on eNCA’s Justice Factor show on Monday evening, said police had uncovered a ring of people responsible for political killings in the province and would soon swoop on them.More than 40 political leaders in KwaZulu-Natal have been killed since the beginning of 2016. In addition, according to testimony at the Moerane Commission into political violence in KwaZulu-Natal, there have been about 90 killings either at, or linked to, violence at Glebelands Hostel.Mbalula said a breakthrough in some of these murders had been made possible by a task team — made up of top officers and detectives from all over the country, which the minister appointed three months ago to investigate politically motivated murders in the province."We have evidence that some political leaders in [KwaZulu-Natal] ...
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