Police have launched a manhunt for the killers of two opposition party councillors who were gunned down in separate incidents in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday. ANC councillor Musawenkosi Mqatha Mchunu was ambushed outside his Pietermaritzburg home by unknown assailants‚ while an IFP councillor in the Zululand district‚ Sibuyiselo Dlamini‚ also came under fire in the Ulundi area‚ both within 20 minutes of each other. Mchunu’s death comes days after ANC activist Sifiso Cele was murdered in front of his wife and children on the south coast. The killing comes as the ruling party in the province grapples with deep-rooted divisions in the province and in a region that have seen a spate of political killings. The party is expected to wrap up its series of elective conferences by the end of May. Police spokesman Captain Nqobile Gwala said a special task team would probe the killings. Gwala said Dlamini was ambushed on the R66 on the King Dinizulu Highway at around 6.40pm on Friday night. "The 35-...
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