The killing of a 25-year-old member of the ANC at the weekend did not come as a shock to some of us. Political killings have become a serious problem in this country, but unfortunately leaders of the ANC and those in government are not taking the matter seriously.

I fear this is likely to be because some of them are involved in these killings. They are the ones who hire murderers to kill party members who differ with them. In Mpumalanga almost none of the political killing cases have been resolved. A little is being done in KwaZulu-Natal, but it is not enough. As a result, these killings have spread to other provinces, such as the Free State, North West, Limpopo and most recently Gauteng...

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