Ramaphosa and ministers meet to tackle political killings in KwaZulu-Natal
Among the cases they will look into are the recent murder of ANC activist Musawenkosi Mchunu, and soccer star Senzo Meyiwa, killed four years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa is moving with speed to try to halt political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. Police Minister Bheki Cele‚ State Security Minister Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba‚ Justice Minister Michael Masutha‚ National Prosecuting Authority head Shaun Abrahams and national police commissioner Khehla Sitole are meeting in Durban on Monday to deal with the killings. "The security cluster has been instructed by the president to solve all high-profile cases and KwaZulu-Natal political killings. A team of ministers … is convening a meeting on Monday in Durban in this regard‚" said Cele’s spokeswoman, Nonkululeko Phokane. The meeting follows Ramaphosa’s visit on Tuesday last week to the home of slain ANC activist Musawenkosi "Maqatha" Mchunu, at KwaPata in Pietermaritzburg. Mchunu was shot dead in his driveway on May 11. He had led several marches demanding that the Moses Mabhida regional conference be postponed‚ that the ANC regional executive committee be disbanded and that corruption in th...
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