ANC leader Lungisani Mnguni shot dead in KZN delivering food to school
An Vleader in KwaZulu-Natal who had been elected as a delegate to the party’s national elective conference in December, was gunned down in Nkanyezini‚ Camperdown‚ near Pietermaritzburg on Monday morning. The ANC in the Moses Mabhida region identified the man as Lungisani Mnguni. Spokesperson for Cyril Ramaphosa’s campaign Sithembiso Mshengu said Mnguni was recently elected as a delegate to the December conference‚ and that his branch had nominated Ramaphosa as their presidential candidate. Mnguni was assassinated in ward 3‚ the same ward in which councillor Kwazikwakhe Mkhize was gunned down after a branch meeting in August. Moses Mabhida regional secretary Mzi Zuma said on Monday afternoon that details of Mnguni’s murder remained sketchy. Mnguni was involved in the school-food nutrition programme in the area‚ and it appears that he was attacked while on his way to make a delivery to one the local schools. "He is the former ANC branch chairperson in ward 7. The ANC is horrified at l...
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