Three ANC leaders assassinated in 48 hours‚ party wants answers from detectives

02 June 2016 - 18:54
By Matthew Savides

The African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal is reeling after three party leaders were gunned down in the province in just 48 hours. On Wednesday afternoon‚ soon after leaving a meeting in Mbali township‚ Pietermaritzburg‚ branch chairman Nathi Hlongwa was shot and killed. The day before‚ 39-year-old Simo Mncwabe - who had hastily resigned as Mooi Mpofana municipality chief financial officer on Monday - was shot and killed while talking his children to school in Edendale‚ also in Pietermaritz...

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