ANC councillor arrested for killing of KZN dissenter Msawenkosi Mchunu
An ANC councillor in the Msunduzi municipality has been arrested on allegations of killing outspoken ANC leader Msawenkosi Qashana Mchunu in May. The councillor is yet to appear in court to be formally charged. The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal confirmed the councillor’s arrest. Mchunu was shot and killed at his home in KwaPata, in Pietermaritzburg, on the night of May 11. He was among those protesting against the isolation of ANC members and leaders who opposed the ANC’s Moses Mabhida region, which has now been disbanded. Mchunu led a picket outside the venue where ANC national and regional leaders meet to resolve disputes. The crowd clashed with regional leaders’ armed bodyguards, who shot live ammunition into the air. Two weeks later Mchunu was shot and killed. The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal said it was dismayed that a serving councillor had been arrested for killing an ANC official. The party said that it was a criminal matter and the law must take its course. Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu, the party...
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